FOR GREAT PRICES ON SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS SEE THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE ON AMAZON.COM! ______________________________________________________________________ ODE TO PASTA - MY LOST LOVE I think that I shall never see A dish so lovely as spaghett-ee So snowy white and sauce so red With maybe a meatball and garlic bread Oh pasta, my pasta I miss you so much Diabetes makes you a food I may never touch Ponder luscious lasagna, that special treat Big wide noodle, flat as a sheet Layered upon layer with sauce, cheese and meat You are a joy I can never eat Oh beautiful ravioli, round square or crescent Stuffed with good fillings Oh! How pleasant And your cousin tortellini, that circle so rare Also with fillings A delicacy so fair Of the humble elbow, we must take a look This versatile noodle’s a favorite of the cook Chilled with some shrimp and a sauce made of mayo It’s the perfect cold lunch on a hot sunny day-o But swimming and brimming in soup piping hot As a cold weather treat, it’s the best we have got Ah the wonderful linguini family, so sublime Tiny linguetti, medium linguini, big broad lingue, so fine! With clam sauce, a seafood classic, all right You used to complete, my Friday night Oh the myriad shapes, to fill one’s belly Rigatoni, mostaccioli, radiatori, cavatelli Then there’s shells, little stars and of course big farfalli Plus we mustn’t forget, the long vermicelli Then the tubes, wondrous cylinders, the senses to delight Little penne, medium ziti, large zitos you can bite Even occhi de lupo (yes “eyes of the wolf” surely that name is a clever spoof) Oh fettuccini, how lovely you seem Covered with some sauce Alfredo made from cream I can taste your subtle flavors, only inside my dream Wonderful fusilli, so curly and long Covered with marinara it makes my heart sing a song Delightful capi de angeli, so thin and so straight Show me a plate and I can’t hardly wait There’s no finer food than that starchy delight But my blood sugar says I may not take a bite Poems are made by fools like me But pasta is made, by Ron-zo-nee!