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Pickled Brain Four lobes, four delicious lovely lobes of throbbing grey matter So much stiffer than one would imagine Coming apart like a vegetable, like cauliflower But still soft and pungent and sweet as a tomato. Next comes the thalamus, sweet and sour A firm little bit with a soft inside Then the squishy, bitter pituitary (Which can be flavored with lemon) Now the corpus callosum Chewy and indigestible But strangely buttery Finally the medulla, stringy Tending to stick in the teeth So many tasty bits and tender pieces Meninges that melt in the mouth Like cotton candy The optic nerve Which slurps like spaghetti Finished