You Are Free To Eat

by Golden Zorra

Ever hungry for justice? Honor? Noodles? Well then, this is the perfect poem for you! This poem has everything you want, from a grumpy kung fu master to a bowl full of delicious noodles! Enjoy! :D (This is a poem I wrote on the old Kung Fu Panda forum in the Nickelodeon website. Since it's long been deleted, I decided I wanted to submit it here.)

I train and practice plenty

Every day and night

To someday win

My solo epic fight.

But when the hours pass by,

When my body starts to ache,

I find myself at the mercy of my master,

Pleading for a minute break.

As his disapproval forces me to wait longer,

My stomach begins to squeeze and be beat.

Only then he comes back and says

"You are free to eat".

Without hesitation or delay,

I race down to the Noodle Shop

Where a panda awaits with a smile

With bowls of noodles filled to the top.

We first take a big slurp of our food

Then hastily chow and guzzle.

Finally we lick our bowls

And clean up our muzzles.

At the end of the day,

Back from my delicious meal,

I know my great love for food

Must be kept in great conceal.