The Daily Boost #488

Have a sandwich

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Barbara Crooker

"Enjoy every sandwich."
 —Warren Zevon, talking with David Letterman about his terminal lung cancer shortly before his death

Here’s how to make a great sandwich:
country white bread lightly toasted,
contoured with mayonnaise, leaf
lettuce spilling over the borders,
overlays of tomatoes, train tracks
of bacon leading straight
out of town. No need for road
maps, potato chips, or pickles.
Yes, winter is waiting, just over
the horizon. But right now, I’m
going to sit in the sun and listen
to birdsong. I’m going to eat
every crumb, every plottable
coordinate, now, while I can.


(from Some Glad Morning)

(My thanks to Barbara Crooker, via Poetry Tree on the Charles.)

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