American Lunch Box

I never ate at a US school cafeteria but my mind stole that TV imagery and packed it tightly in a blue tin box. I am part of your everyday American lunch.

I am a life experience thief.

I will go after your peanut

Butter and jelly sandwich

Before I even know it exists.

Global thirst is my

Target.

Condensed milk in your

Tea.

Soy beans and Spanish

Ham,

Hunger of the red and white

Brand.

Golden arches hold my

Universal childhood's swing:

It's the world's endless playground,

Come and spice my

Chicken wings.

I grew up in an Oxo castle.

I had Marmite to spread.

Animal blood,

Black pudding,

Capitalism in Paris.

I am a life experience thief.

I'm your hunger,

I'm your thirst.

Take me out or dine me in.

Cross me out of every menu,

Or I'll try to eat you first.

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Imagine the USA

Imagine you are to cross the United States of America by car in two weeks. Let's make this hypothetical situation a bit more realistic by garnishing it with some juicier details. For example, let's imagine the car you're driving is a white Acura Integra, 1990, called Lisa. Let's imagine you have Morcheeba paying on the external CD player that really did it for you when you were considering if buying that car was a good idea in the first place. Imagine you decide to start your trip in Newark, Delaware, and imagine your final destination is Phoenix, Arizona. Originally you wanted to go as far as California, but you have realized that you don't have enough time, or money for those extra miles. However, you leave some space in your imagination for a two-day excursion to the Grand Canyon.

Now, imagine you are in that car, zooming across States and borders. And now imagine you decide to play a game noting down all the different State number plates you see on the road. Well, here is the list you will have by the end of your journey:

Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
South Carolina
Ohio 10
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Alabama
Maine
Kansas 20
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Tennessee
Georgia

(At this point your blue pen has ran out of ink and you change to a black Sharpie)

Michigan
Utah
Florida
Minnesota
South Dakota 30
California
Arkansas
Washington
New Mexico
Nebraska
Idaho
Louisiana
North Dakota
Hawaii
Montana 40

Nevada

Colorado
Wyoming

(Here you draw an horizontal line. In your mind you know you are separating US States from other countries. You don't have much space left, so this area looks a bit messy)

Ontario
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Sonora
Chihuahua

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