Meatloaf

America's Comfort Food

By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 20, 2019

 

Meatloaf

America
Runs on meatloaf
Coast to coast
Crosscrossing the continent
Connecting the dots
Hip hopping along
From dives to diners
Family dinner tables
Nothing more homey
Ultimate comfort food
A matter of taste
Precisely the point
As America goes
So goes its meatloaf
Not just armies
Run on their stomachs
A true blue test
Virtual reality litmus
Proof not in the pudding
But hearty meatloaf
Hunkered down in a booth
Here to the heartland
No need for a menu
Nothing all that fancy
Just lay it on me
Smothered in gravy
Heavy on the mashed
From actual spuds
Takes just one bite
Sublime to ridiculous
Hit or miss
On the road Jack
Another signifier
Try apple pie
Better not be store bought
It can get real ugly
Been there done that
Now and then though
Highway to heaven
Skipping on down the road
Tangled up in blue
It’s a guy thing
Nothing comes between
A man and his meatfloaf
Them's fightin' words