YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE OYSTERS (poem for #AudioMo)

You don’t have to like oysters You don’t have to like oysters, there’s nothing wrong with you if caviar and truffles turn you off. Though some will look down their nose at you if you decline champagne, it’s not a sin to spend your life without a diamond ring or stud. As for grand opera, Wimbledon, Ascot and the Royal Tea Party, you’re not alone in preferring to dunk ginger nut biscuits in Earl Gray and nibble soldiers with soft-boiled eggs for breakfast. I met one honest man who ate puffer fish before his wife – with their Johney in mind. He founded a not-for-profit that cared for orphans in Somalia or earthquake victims in Katmandu. There are bungee jumpers, macrobiotic vegans and others devoted to saving earthworms from global warming, before the bees run out. You don’t even have to be like any of them, if you want your tombstone to be admired. Your legacy may not even be on your agenda – and who cares if no one remembers your greatest achievement? No one ... (continued in audio)