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# M.S.G.
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/m-s-g/
- Published: 2026-07-02T18:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-02T18:14:00.000Z
- Description: “M.S.G.,” written Thursday, July 2, poem 183 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: Taylor Allison Swift, in golden frame, photo and photo composition by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Current Events, Generational, Humor, Of Place, Poems, Unserious, Autumn Leaves, Coy, Garden Party, July, M.S.G., Madison Square Garden, Monosodium Glutamate, MSG, October, Op Eds, Polarizing, POVs, Ruse, Savvy, Shake it up, Side-Eye, Stigma, Summer, Tacky, Taylor Allison Swift, Taylor Swift, Tsunami, Umami, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

MSG used to mean:  
"monosodium glutamate"  
and it carried with it  
a stigma.  
  
And now it’s code for  
TAYLOR!!!!  
And it's just as polarizing.  
  
Is she?  
 She couldn’t!  
But is she?  
 It’s a ruse!  
What if she does?  
 Tacky!  
Security!  
 Savvy!  
  
But there’s so many   
*Very Very Many*  
stars orbiting   
the Burroughs  
surely that means  
s o m e t h i n g.  
  
Meanwhile, I’m stuck   
in bumper to bumper  
somewhere   
between Stamford   
and Bridgeport.  
  
And the breathy   
side-eye-slash-yearning   
social media reports,   
on the street POVs,  
and Op Eds  
on all things MSG  
flow onto my screen  
obliterating everything  
like autumn leaves  
on a windy October morn.  
  
Madison  
Square  
Garden party?  
  
Baby we can   
shake   
shake   
shake it up.  
  
Whether Umami  
Or celebrity tsunami  
However it shakes out  
MSG packs a punch.