"In behalf of science"

[Ris Yerg]

I eat,
Neither bitter nor sweet,
Boiled tongue
With green peas.
And gloomy ponder:
Or
Mr. Socrates was deeply
Wrong.
Or,
As usual, not enough
Vodka.

[billy]

i'm not sure what i like but i do like it.
can you give us some background to it

thanks for the read.

[Ris Yerg]

Hi, Billy!
Thanks for reading and comment!
Yep! I "play" here on an ancient Greece parable about philosopher Socrates. He was a slave and his master sent him to buy "very sweet and very bitter" meal. Socrates bought a tongue.
Why "vodka"? Probably because it's a great peacemaker for human being? Ha-ha! Or probably not?
Best regards, R.Y.

[billy]

i like it even more now, thanks ris.

[addy]

Oh dear lord, I LOVE this one ... especially with that practical yet befuddled ending. Fantastic subject, pitch-perfect execution.

[Ris Yerg]

Thank you, Addy!
R.Y.