Ketchup Is The Way To Go

Free Verse

J. Marshall

I like ketchup

Great Value brand ketchup is not the way to go

because it gets all watery and shit

just isn’t as good as something like Heinz

All of these ketchups are filled with fucking sugar anyway

It’s not like these things are good for a man in my early thirties such as I am

Don’t get it twisted though, I do certain things for my health,

Those things are none of your fucking business by the way

I want ketchup like I want my blue cheese with the wings and fries

I want these things as I sit in Chili’s with a beer

Hanging back, eating some delicious food

And considering just how awesome things are going to be for me

And making a mess all over my T-shirt and fingers in an almost disgraceful, shameful way

And not caring nonetheless

I want to be considering the lotto ticket I’m going to find on the floor

Eating at Chili’s and suddenly there’s a winning ticket waiting for me

And I’m still scarfing down a ketchup laden cheeseburger at this point

Damn, this is good

Damn, I just won a million dollars and I can do whatever I want

All because I was able to get my ketchup

Well not quite

But that idea about the lottery ticket while I’m eating a ketchup laden burger in Chili’s is pretty cool

I think so anyway

But anyway, can I just have some ketchup, please?