The kids are gorging themselves on junk food

fast as they can stomach it.

Makes mine ache just watching them -

naughty, naughty, naughty, hahaha.

Occasionally I make little mewling suggestions about slowing down,

taking it easy, pacing themselves -

        yeah, right!        Dream on!

They are taking full advantage -

our school caf' doesn't stock trash, no, no, of course not but we're off-campus, so...

poisonous-looking, luridly iced doughnuts,

sagging toasted slabs masquerading as ham-cheese sangas*

and full-strength fizzy drinks rule - OK?

'I think I deserve a muffin,' C (male) states, rummaging through bag.

N has just stowed three hefty chocolate bars

in his Brunswick-green* backpack.     

Oh, oh, oh,

they do make me laugh. That's not irresponsible, is it?

J tells me I am 'disgusting' because I am sipping Thermos* coffee.

I will have to sneak out

my home-made salad roll, later. Guilty! 

Plastic cheese, square jelly-ham, cheap no-name bread, fried dough with Plasticine* icing, goo-filled chocolate and liquid sugar to wash it down.

This is their morning tea, their - we're-feeling-a-tad-peckish - snacks.

Wait till you see what they load up on at

lunch. Hahahaha.

*Brunswick-green = I guess Lincoln Green would be closest though a little darker. Think of the green of holly leaves.

*sangas = sandwiches

*Thermos = a brand of stainless steel insulated vacuum flask

*Plasticine = a brand of children's model clay

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