cereal coldcereal
cold serial to be canceled
cold
case archival storage
Take it awaytake it down to the morgue
he ate too many dry cereal dinners
baked potato dinners in college to be enthusiastic about either
only stepped in front of a
dry cereal now when he visited family his
granddaughters their eyes were either too
big for their stomachs or they finished the cereal but went to dump a pint of
organic milk down the kitchen sinkDESPITEdespite
him telling them before they sat down to eat NOT to waste milk
ridiculous he was one of eight kids waste was sacrilegious these two might be brought into the fold if
they missed a couple of dinners at random through the week experienced hungerthey were always starving to death they hadnt a clue what hunger was
he
truly couldnt say he knew real Hunger anhe
was grateful
he was also grateful they werent
allowed sugared cerealhed
be tempted to dump the milk he
either drank the milk from their bowls or if enough cereal was floating or sunk
he add a bit more for proportionality
he didnt visit oftenhe wasnt a grandmother
anhe didnt withstand
their withering commentariestheir attempted chiding pointing fingers at him
telling him he ought to spend more time with his grandchildren
he cut them to the quick I did for my childrentheir
grandparents were rarely around My
children will do for theirs Theres things
I want to do Ive earned my selfishness
an Im enjoying it
theyd shake their headsmutter Pitiful,
pitiful, absolutely pitiful.
Awwell might be he was still getting laid Not a child born could replace that
I have oatmeal every morning.
Good for you Hot cereals good never ate hot cereal for dinner
What do you eat for breakfast?
I don
You don’t, that’s not good.
According to who
I, I think I believe, that is
commonly knowncommon knowledge.
According to who
Hate to sound like a
broken record but I havent had breakfast religiouslythe only thing I might
consider religiously since I was a
boyteenager
Oh no, that’s not good.
My healths been better than yours
. . agreed
Well, yes, but . .
.
. Yes I agree there are a lot of factors
at play Perhaps a smokescreen But breakfast every morning is obviously not
a make-or-break proposition
Should I happen to be hungry on
a given morning Ill eat three raw eggs Jumbo Organic should I be hungry I believe theres more protein possibly easier
to digest too
people facesexpressions always slip
queasy
Fact Cold cereal usually doesnt make people queasy
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