Elaine Magarrell
It's not a sexist title, I swear. The author uses diction to artfully describes why each of her siblings has qualities that annoy her. She says that she wants to cook her sister's tongue, because she presumably lies, is annoying, or is always wrong whenever she talks. No matter what, the poem depicts how her sister's tongue would be better as a dish rather than still in her sister's mouth. She really grills (OH MY GOSH ITS A FOOD PUN!!) her brother and his tiny heart.
the baby thinks I'm funny.She calls him an unloving man, but by using cooking terms by calling it dry, and saying a sour sauce would have been a good addition. She also says that it "needs an apple-onion stuffing to make it interesting at all" (Magarrell). An apple and onion combination could never taste good, but the contrasting flavors are needed to wash away the horrible taste of her brother's heart. Though the author writes this sinister poem, it's probably used as as a ruse so that she could just express her anger with them. Brothers and sisters always fight, but they rarely want to eat each other. The poem secretly reveals the bond that all siblings tend to share, giving the poem a slightly happier under tone.
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