Sweet and Sour pork, Chicken Chow Mien,

Fried rice and prawns, ...combination number  three.

It was my favorite late night dinner,

 Before anyone ever heard of  MSG.

When all our paint and gas was leaded,

There was no such thing as melamine,
We always took the chopsticks home,

So the ones at Wong’s was clean

   He bought his chickens locally.

He grew his own bean sprouts.

As to the quality of his cuisine,

There were never any doubts.

Corporate greed and globalization,

Are an inedible combination, 

 I’m leery about things made  across the sea.

And I always have been funny

About where I spend my money,

If I keep it close,

 It might come back to me!

Mike Puhallo

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