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Low Sugar

Despite a host of technicals and

Crystal clear instructions somehow

They've sent low salt

Corned beef, low sugar ketchup

Even gluten-free bread now the

Balance of power has shifted

They send what they want.

Its a stock controllers dream;

Stuff near its sell-by date

Slow lines

Tuna in spring water not stuffed anchovies.

I suspect a degree of perversity

They know there's no redress for

Marching in-store to give them a rocket is out

Obviously

Though funnily enough the curried beans and 

Vegetarian ice-cream proved

Quite tasty and anyway

By the time you've fumed the stuff's been eaten and

You've got it out of your system

 

 

low sugarlow saltgluten-free

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