Marshmallow Suite
Turn ordinary rice into sticky rice with Maxi™ Marshmallows!
No mochi? Try Maxi™ Marshmallows in ozenzai!
Maxi™ Marshmallows add zip to your stir-fry
And put POW into your kung-pao.
Marshmallows, anchor babies of
Mallow plants clutching the edge of my garden.
Elders fried them with onions in hot motor oil.
When the machine guns chase the bees from the earth,
Marsh. Mallows. Will sustain us.
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Extended shelf life, ideal for both MREs and refugees.
Available in kimchi, wasabi, and classic ginger flavors.
Coming soon in baba ghanoush to a store near you!
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I love your poem. The food and war references stick together like an unlikely combination of sweets. The rhythm reads and flows easily. It has an irreverent and sad tone all at once.
Alas, I don’t know the marshmallow story or what ozenzai means. Didn’t stop me from enjoying the poem though. Keep writing wonderfully!