School Days School Dinners

School days, school dinners
punishing children as if they were sinners.
Do you remember back in the day
when the lunch bell used to ring
oh the moans it signalled in
did spotted dick make you sick
or frog spawn tapioca choke ya?

Oliver was always asked if he wanted more
but declined cos it made his tummy sore
The pink custard so thick and gloopy
the smell of it would drive you loopy
semolina like wallpaper paste
would clear the dinner hall post-haste.

The watery cabbage, overcooked meat 

and lumpy gravy

wasn't very appealing to you or me

spam fritters

a.k.a. specially processed American meat

would cause even the hardiest eaters

to beat a retreat.

School days, school dinners

punishing children as if they were sinners

so many sinners

and they all had to wait

in rotation

to get the slop on their plate!

Biscuit: Mcvities Strawberry Cheesecake (smell like school puddings!)

Taste test: 3 out of 10
Cost: 2 for £2 at Sainsbury's in Christchurch