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We used to buy bags of potatoes and onionsHalf gallon of milk and a six pack of beer.Pork tenderloin, steaks by the dozenLettuce, tomatoes, zucchini and squashesTo cook in the eveningWe, two, togetherWith wine and cloth napkins, one squatty candle.Now I go to the market, just when I have toA potato, one onion, a box of orange tea.Six eggs, a small steak and one single pork chopAll in the fridge, the pantry, the freezer,In case I get hungryBut mostly, I don't.Cooking for one is its own kind of torment.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Poem Source Type: research