SPAM Haiku: Childhood Trauma

SHAM-24.
When Mom turns around
You slip the slice to Fido.
Escape to dessert.

SHAM-58.
Veteran cop weeps.
"Worst child abuse case I've seen.
Fed SPAM twelve weeks straight."

SHAM-70.
With a quick finger
She poked the SPAM heart right out
Of the musubi.

SHAM-84.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins'
Scatalogical blues caused
By one childhood bite.

SHAM-127.
Supermarket aisle.
Mom pushes cart toward SPAM shelf.
Child bursts into tears.

33.
Mom cooked SPAM Surprise.
Pink grease, smothered in mustard...
I still fear mustard.

--Van Kichline, mkichline@earthlink.net

176.
Menacing pink cube
You tortured me in my youth
SPAM will have its day

--Anonymous

188.
Saturday TV,
Mom prepares a treat for us.
Ignorance is bliss!

--Anonymous

235.
"Mommy," says the brat,
"I don't like Spam." Mom replies,
"Hold your breath; swallow."

--Rex Jones, rex@uis.msstate.edu

240.
I remember SPAM.
As child, camping; as adult,
vegetarian.

--Brian Smithson, brian@eit.com

254.
My mother loved SPAM,
Glistening pink cube of "pork."
I'm in therapy.

--Dave Barsalow

281.
SPAM, straight from the can
or fried on bread with ketchup.
MMmmmemories from youth.

--Jackie Groce, grocej@cmc.cz

304.
Kate never had SPAM.
I am a woeful father.
SPAM, not toast, for her.

--Paul Johnson, Kate Johnson's dad

592.
Mother opens SPAM
Child's hunger used as weapon
Peanut butter, please

--Jeff Bell, bell@agames.com

593.
Mother slices SPAM
Child stares out of the window
Short attention span

--Jeff Bell, bell@agames.com

594.
Mother serves the SPAM
Child's tears moisten the sandwich
Time passes slowly

--Jeff Bell, bell@agames.com

595.
Mother, empty can
SPAM, insubordination
Child learns to run fast

--Jeff Bell, bell@agames.com

596.
Mother, old-age tears
Adult child harbors revenge
SPAM did this to me

--Jeff Bell, bell@agames.com

651.
When I was a girl
I never, ever ate SPAM.
I feel so deprived.

--Susan Nossal, nossal@naic.edu

652.
When I was a girl
I always, always ate SPAM.
I feel so depraved.

--Colleen Kirby, ckirby@naic.edu

654.
Repeated nightmare:
Tormented in high school class--
Given SPAM swirlie.

--Colleen Kirby, ckirby@naic.edu

705.
"Yo' mama eats SPAM,"
said one child to another.
The supreme insult.

--Dawn M. Martin

784.
Mom packed SPAM for my
school lunches. The other kids
wouldn't sit with me.

--Chris Fishel, ctf2m@virginia.edu

894.
Grandma cooks us lunch.
Mystery meat in pink broth.
The cheese IS dripping!

--Anonymous

976.
I was shocked to learn
At the tender age of nine
SPAM is for eating

--Tom Elliott, Tosh@Werple.mira.net.au

1029.
Using only SPAM
Grandma made some tasty treats.
We set her on fire.

--Ken Zuroski, zuroski@cmu.edu

1178.
Hot greasy slices
Forced to eat in my childhood
God, I hate SPAM now!

--Liz Burnside, mizliz@aone.com

1179.
Back in the '40s
Mom fed us fried SPAM for lunch;
We must have been poor.

--Liz Burnside, mizliz@aone.com

1188.
Warped beyond repair
SPAM served breakfast, lunch, dinner
Poor kid had no chance

--GayLee Kilpatrick, tmpsfgit@wln.com

1216.
Grandma cooked us SPAM.
Grandpa ate it. We didn't.
His inheritance...

--Scott Zacher, scottz@nwu.edu

1342.
Boy trapped in ice box
Nothing else inside but SPAM
Boy eats own left foot

--Anonymous

1355.
As a child, mom fed
me SPAM when I cursed. Oper-
ant conditioning.

--Jonathan Black, damaginc@siu.edu

1549.
Anguished kids cry out
Another slice hits their plates
Send Pork Away, Mom!

--GayLee Kilpatrick, tmpsfgit@wln.com

1616.
Where do we come from?
Can Claus do it in one night?
What the heck is SPAM?

--Chris Hickey, Houston, TX

1801.
Pink and silly SPAM
sitting sweating on my plate.
Thanks for nothing, Mum!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

1810.
Famous beginnings:
Ate "SPAM Surprise" at young age.
Stephen King is born.

--Lyle Wilson, tl.wilson@baylordallas.com

1897.
Mother was fed SPAM
She squirmed like her siblings did
Sadistic parents

--Luke Ellis, Australia

1917.
SPAM in the pantry
mom doesn't know what to cook
bring out the skillet

--Stephen Miller, dmmiller@onramp.net

1926.
Come, come, dear liebchen.
Eat your nice pink SPAM dindins.
Ugh! You little puke!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

1961.
O, rubbery meat:
The scourge of many a meal
I had to endure.

--Greg O'Rear, jgo.systems@mhs.unc.edu

2076.
Kraft macaroni
SPAM slices, toaster oven
childhood memories

--James Ewert, ewert@rose.rsoc.rockwell.com

2103.
"What's for dinner, Pop?"
"SPAM," my Dad sternly replies.
"What! You don't love me?"

--"Holden Caulfield"

2104.
"What's for breakfast, Mom?"
"Fresh SPAM," my mother replies.
"I'm running away."

--"Holden Caulfield"

2107.
"Eat up your SPAM, dear."
"Makes me sick, Mom." "Eat it, brat."
Pulls grenade pin. BANG.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

2273.
When I was a kid
Mom would make SPAM casserole.
Now she denies it.

--Bob Roberds, broberds@ix.netcom.com

2537.
Boy Scout camping trip.
Kid cooks SPAM for his patrol.
He gets a wedgie.

--Bob Roberds, broberds@ix.netcom

2614.
The smell of seared pork
Product and volatile oils--
Child camps with parents.

--Mark Estes

2679.
summer foolishness
mother warned not to be late
spamburgers waiting

--Andy Oliver, aoliver@erols.com

2680.
mom was never home
and dad could only cook spam
now I'm a parent

--Andy Oliver, aoliver@erols.com

2717.
Night before Christmas
Left Santa some milk and SPAM
Coal in my stocking

--Daren Chapin, chapin@sbcm.com

2751.
I am in trouble.
My parents caught me with SPAM!
Forever grounded!

--El Supremo Number One Guy, rlowery@apollo.oursc.k12.ar.us

2862.
Years of therapy--
Repressed memory returns:
Mom made me eat SPAM.

--Dale Wisely, dwisely@wwisp.com

2863.
Can't hate her for it.
Turns out she was SPAM-abused
by HER own mother.

--Dale Wisely, dwisely@wwisp.com

2864.
For good of my kids:
I'm in SPAM recovery.
Must break these chains now.

--Dale Wisely, dwisely@wwisp.com

2881.
Were the Menendez
Brothers justified? Of course.
Parents served them SPAM.

--Bob Roberds, broberds@ix.netcom.com

3083.
Students at Foothill
Ranch School send in their SPAMku.
Cho corrupts our youth.

--Martin H. Booda, booda@datasync.com

3084.
Mrs. Martin says,
"Class, think of SPAM." What have we
Done to the children?

--Martin H. Booda, booda@datasync.com

3085.
Oh well, better that
Students do SPAMku than drugs.
But only slightly.

--Martin H. Booda, booda@datasync.com

3166.
Thenardier feeds
Cosette nothing but SPAM. What
Vicious child abuse.

--Martin H. Booda, booda@datasync.com

3302.
The school lunch ladies
used to say, "Just eat your SPAM
and shut the hell up!"

--Bob Roberds, broberds@ix.netcom.com

3389.
Kittens' first day out:
They encounter SPAM! One sniff,
all run back to Mom.

--Meredith Merritt

3473.
For far humbler foods
Children elsewhere are starving.
Eat your SPAM, you brat!

--John Mitchell

3498.
More problems at school.
The lunch ladies feed us SPAM.
Hire some more nurses.

--Maureen Denis, mdenis@mint.net

3540.
Taunting dares by friends.
Not wanting to seem chicken
he eats the SPAM gel.

--Steve Sapovits, steves@telebase.com

3647.
Parents give me task:
Think SPAM and five, seven, five...
Warn: think SPAM, don't eat.

--Anonymous

3755.
My dumb brother broke
My Mr. Potato Head.
Now I just use SPAM.

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

3863.
Middle class though we,
SPAM was never on our shelf.
A deprived childhood.

--Fade2Blu@aol.com

3871.
Mom made it sound great:
"O.K., Ian...it's SPAM time!"
Then I'd choke it down.

--I. M. Eprich

3983.
As a poor young child,
My mother only made SPAM.
Don't make fun of it.

--Lynette Neal

4015.
Eyelids hang heavy
As father drones on and on
About SPAM's great taste.

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

4016.
Ant crawls on my SPAM.
Throw it away? How wasteful!
Here, sister...have mine.

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

4041.
He was bad this year
Santa left the rich, fat boy
SPAM in his stocking

--Brian "Briku" Mitchell, Busterdog1@aol.com

4042.
He was good this year
Santa left the poor, thin boy
SPAM in his stocking

--Brian "Briku" Mitchell, Busterdog1@aol.com

4079.
Son thought he loved SPAM
Then he asked me to buy some
His love disappeared

--Howard, HOWMPLS@worldnet.att.net

4086.
"If you eat your SPAM,
I'll give you extra dessert."
"Go to hell, Mommy!"

--John Mitchell, JAM@altagroup.com

4088.
I built a club house.
My sister brought SPAMBURGERs.
Now it's "boys only."

--John Mitchell, JAM@altagroup.com

4238.
Squishy pink stuff on
My plate. Didn't know my Mom
Could hate me like this.

--Maria Demetris

4261.
Mailed camp care package
Beef jerky and cans of SPAM--
Return to sender

--Sally Hoffman, sandspc@ix.netcom.com

4354.
My younger brother
Asked me what SPAM was made of.
I let him wonder.

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

4358.
"Don't play with your food."
"What else can I do with SPAM?
Eat it? Yeah, right, Mom."

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

4368.
Childhood memories
Think of poor starving children
I won't eat that slop

--Anonymous

4528.
As the clown dances,
The children laugh. When he eats
SPAM, though, they all cry.

--Francis Heaney, francis.heaney@tglbbs.com

4551.
Mother fed us SPAM
Everyday, ate: our bodies
Preserved mummies

--jean wang, jean@eohsi.rutgers.edu

4640.
Mom, you're a great cook,
but I just have one question:
Is this edible?

--A. Hitt, ahitt@express-news.net

4661.
"He started it," said
the boy with the bleeding nose.
"He shat on my SPAM!"

--Iron Willy

4747.
I asked my teacher
How they made SPAM so tasty
"Don't ask, just enjoy"

--tim laffey

4814.
Mother loved you more.
I only got coal. No SPAM
In my red stocking.

--Wendi Aarons

4997.
Vile school lunches...but!
We wonder why kids rebel?
Lukewarm SPAM croquettes?

--Cholesterol 300

5021.
"Don't worry," said Mom
to her vegetarian
daughter. "SPAM's not meat..."

--Anonymous

5046.
Can you remember
your first time? Or have you blocked
painful memories?

--Andy Connor, ensamc@bath.ac.uk

5055.
Maman died today.
I do not care because she
always fed me SPAM.

--Anonymous

5261.
The schoolchildren play
The outsider, sad, looks on
Tried to swap Spamwich

--Tom Elliott, tosh@werple.net.au

5367.
A child is kidnapped
No demand for cash, ransom:
Child's weight in SPAM

--Tom Elliott, tosh@werple.net.au

5541.
my dog died today.
mother fed him a spamwich
i will have revenge!!!!

--Anonymous

5620.
gelatinous cube
quivering beneath your tin
you smell like my dad

--Anonymous

5720.
My daughter asks me,
"Where does SPAM come from, daddy?"
"Go ask your mother."

--Brien K. Meehan, brien@msn.com

5721.
My daughter asks me,
"What does SPAM taste like, daddy?"
"You don't want to know."

--Brien K. Meehan, brien@msn.com

5813.
it is still moving
mom said it's already dead
i don't believe it

--Anonymous

5825.
Mother's rough finger
Stirs water into the Tang
And glazes the SPAM.

--John Mitchell, jam@altagroup.com

5909.
SPAM of my childhood
You root me out even here
On the Internet

--Gerbo (a New Hampshire haikuist), malduf@nh.ultranet.com

5935.
My dad used to eat
head cheese. SPAM's bad enough. Let's
not start about that.

--Dorian Mackenzie, KSEG, dorian@eagle969.com

5945.
My mommy just said,
"We're going to have SPAM now,"
and that's when I barfed.

--Jamie, Chaklit@aol.com

5954.
Mother's casserole
Fatty chunks, larval noodles
NO MORE I cry out

--Anonymous

5994.
Woke and opened door
Screamed in terror as I saw
Dad and SPAM in bed

--Marla Caceres, fercacer@gate.net

6032.
Mom served SPAM on all
the major holidays. Oh,
how I dread Easter!

--Sarah Miller Arnold, smarnold@ultranet.com

6050.
Bedtime: Go to sleep
now or it's SPAM for breakfast.
A childhood nightmare.

--Matt Nielsen, mnielsen@dttus.com

6053.
SPAM slab on my plate
Pink and slimy pseudomeat
Mom made me eat it

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6056.
Didn't want the SPAM
Slimy pink chunks on my plate
Mom made me eat it

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6062.
Don't feed your kids SPAM
Bet that's how Jeffrey Dahmer
Got urge to eat folks

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6077.
My brother still likes
his Vienna Sausages.
See: childhood trauma.

--Sarah Miller Arnold, smarnold@ultranet.com

6137.
I was raised on fried
SPAM and sausage. Now, gorged on
shame, I am vegan.

--space yr pidgin

6216.
Therapy brought back
Memories of the blue can
SPAM abuse repressed

--M.W.Wild T.

6217.
I hate to eat SPAM
My mother made us eat it
Cold or hot, it's gross!

--Anonymous

6258.
Played sick to stay home
Mom gave me fried SPAM for lunch
Not playing sick now

--Son of FDH

6272.
I had a nightmare
I was young and given SPAM
"Goody!" I cried out

--Uncle Jay, grandiosity@hotmail.com

6281.
When young, I took pills
To quell my heart condition
I ate SPAM a lot

--Uncle Jay, grandiosity@hotmail.com

6312.
My children cry out,
"No SPAM! Please, anything else!"
"Shut up and eat it."

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6322.
"Please, Mom!" my kids beg,
"Let us get a Happy Meal
Instead of this SPAM."

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6340.
To make Mom happy
I tried to enjoy the SPAM
But I just couldn't.

--Mary Holt, maryholt@flash.net

6384.
"Eat so you will grow!"
Myst'ry meal canned long ago...
Child cries..., Mommy no!

--john_pearson@sil.org

6522.
Sunday breakfast treat
SPAM and scrambled eggs to eat
Oh why Daddy, why?

--Paul Hesch, theKidneyBar@webtv.net

6526.
MY DAUGHTER ASKS ME
"WHAT'S FOR LUNCH DADDY." SHE WAITS.
"SPAM" SAITH I AND WAIL

--JOHNNY

6571.
Pink glutinous SPAM
Elicit flashbacks from youth
Tastebuds now need shrink

--Jim Hickey, James_J_Hickey@ccmail.eo.ray.com

6857.
Gave SPAM to teacher
Thought it was a nice present
Got all Fs on card

--David Poppers, LimePi@aol.com

6874.
As Mom scoops up some
broccoli Fido slips the
SPAM back on your plate.

--Dan Joyce

6954.
Thoughts of childhood bring
Odor. Mom's SPAM and peach bake.
Streets claim runaway.

--Marc Chapman, immarc@pol.net

7091.
Inventor of SPAM,
Jay Hormel--were you dropped on
Your head as a child?

--Geoff Holme, Geoff_Holme@vos.stratus.com

7154.
Coins wedged in pink slab.
Father was too cheap to buy
A real piggy bank.

--Tilting Space Cadet

7658.
Lying on the couch
Recalling those days of SPAM
Tormented childhood

--Joe Campbell, don_cam@msn.com

7693.
I RECALL AT SCHOOL
BEING FORCED TO EAT FRIED SPAM.
WAS THAT CHILD ABUSE?

--Richard Topping, richard@moduscom.demon.co.uk

7919.
My mom beats my dad
Then he makes a lot of SPAM
Mom beats dad, AGAIN

--Jesus Ramos, jesramos@nmsu.edu

7920.
Once I saw my dad
he was having sex, some man
Then I fucked some SPAM

--Jesus Ramos, jesramos@nmsu.edu

8033.
Are pigs sentient?
I hope not! How horrible
knowing final fate!

--Kelly Cash, kelly.cash@sun.com

8034.
Little pig playing
in the barnyard happily--
Ignorance is bliss.

--Kelly Cash, kelly.cash@sun.com

8067.
A glob of pink goo
Mom called it a weird pork chop
I'll be scarred for life

--Amanda Smith

8156.
Parent's worst nightmare:
"Look, Mommy, I'm eating SPAM."
Emergency room.

--Uncle Jay, grandiosity@hotmail.com

8201.
Cafeterias
In high schools throughout our state
Serve SPAM once a week

--Craig Beresford, cberesford@mtserv.com

8420.
By King Henry's word:
"Those who serve SPAM to kids shall
Be executed."

--Luke the Aussie


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