Doneness

Steak cooked medium:
A thin ribbon of red like
Sunset’s final light

What a Deal!

The prix fixe menu:
Pay twenty-five dollars for
Three courses of hate

The Arena

Doors open for brunch;
I’m a gladiator who
Awaits the lions

The Customer’s Sentence

We will offer you
Bread and water while you wait
Just like in prison

Shaker

Those who fear their food
Has been sneezed on should worry
About their pepper 

Comfortable

Much like a new pair
Of shoes, new customers need
To be broken in

Rascally

Perhaps the worst mint
To find in a restaurant
Is a vile varmint

Traitor

I’ve been betrayed by
The Eggs Benedict Arnold
Oh, food poisoning

Raw Deal

This restaurant is
The living dead that’s going
To make a return

Run-Down Recess

I don’t feel like Hell
I feel like what Hell beat up
For its lunch money

Miracle Worker

Customer ordered
Hardboiled eggs in their shells
But without their yolks

Theft Under $5000

Is the value of
Theft calculated before
Or after the tax?

The Thoughtless Thief

Common courtesy:
Closing the fridge door after
You’re done robbing it

My Prufrock

Measure my time by
All the pens that have been lost,
Stolen, or dried up

Feed Me

Around me closed the
Patio umbrella like
A Venus flytrap

Quagmire

Grimly determined
To cheer up a customer:
War on grouchiness

Value Meal

After School Special:
A deep dish of debt with a
Side of aimlessness

Deep Fried Evil

The most sinister
Meal at the artists’ cafe?
Hellibut and chips

Invasion

Before my morning
Coffee customers look like
Barbarian hordes

Ruling The Prep Work Domain

I am the potato Queen
The honour includes a crown
Made of curly fries