A lunch poem

          unable to
          afford the
          cost of
          knee re-
          construction 
mash
          he settled
          for verb
          replacement
mesh
          a list ran 
          around in
          his brain 
mish
          pit 
          potatoes 
          romantic novels
          husky 
          stockings
mosh
          what would
          Prèvert have
          written if
          confronted
          with laminated
          café tables?
mush