Superfood Scramble

Veganism’s on the rise, soy & almond milk are in
Dairy of all kinds is a big sin
Barley, quinoa, organic are so yesterday
There are new-fangled fads having their say

So, encouraged by well-meaning kin and kith 
All taken in by the superfood myth
I scanned the supermarket shelf
For my dose of wellness and health

Chia, flax, hemp, assorted nuts and seeds
What did they think I was, a bird indeed?
Continued sceptically down aisle by aisle
As they drew me in using their guile

Seaweed, kelp, pre and pro biotics
Unreal, I thought, and quite quixotic
Bulgur, buckwheat, spelt, teff, amaranth, native grains
Slowly but surely, I was being driven insane

Cold pressed virgin coconut oil and apple cider vinegar
Extract of elderflower, with virtues held very dear
Kombucha and a green powder called chlorella
Spirulina algae and something else called moringa

Dragon fruit and kale I knew, but I didn’t maca
And what on earth were camu camu, dulse and lucuma
There was more: yuzu, and a mushroom called chaga
A variety of green tea flavours including matcha

Fava beans, edamame, acai, goji & maqui berries
If I ate them, I guess I’d be very contemporary
But fonio, fish oil, freekeh and kamut?
I looked for a way out via a shortcut 

I bypassed the black rice and baobab
Ducking the promises to go from flab to fab
Only to come across a flour made from crickets
And that’s when I almost kicked the bucket

Forget a long life, disease free and healthy
Insects are definitely not for squeamish me
Instead I took a detour for a Big Mac and fries
The only real superfoods I’ll have till the day I die