"Pease Porridge Hot" by Mother Goose

Pease porridge hot,

Channeled Song: “Hot Hot Hot” by Buster Poindexter And His Banshees Of Blue

Interpretation: Eating hot porridge.

Pease porridge cold,

Channeled Song: “Again” by Janet Jackson

Interpretation: Eating leftovers.

Pease porridge in the pot

Channeled Song: “Same Song” by Digital Underground

Interpretation: Eating the same meal every day.

Nine days old.

Channeled Song: “Toxic” by Britney Spears

Interpretation: Eating spoiled food.

You will want to know that food insecurity was a real problem at the time this poem was written.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46970/pease-porridge-hot