Well what happens when your mother decides to go on a diet? The result is the whole family has to follow too because she starts throwing out all the cheese and junk food and all that’s left are greens and organic food. Enjoy the poem.
Our mother threw the pie away.
She dumped out all the Cokes.
She kept the beans and leafy greens
and leeks and artichokes.
She chucked the cheese and chocolate chips.
She pitched the pudding out,
but kept the beets and broccoli
and jars of sauerkraut.
She canned the cakes and cookies
and she ditched the doughnuts too,
but kept the kale and carrot sticks
and celery and tofu.
She jettisoned the junk food.
She tossed out every treat.
So now our house has only foods
that no one wants to eat.
This happens to us every year.
It seems to be our fate.
Our mom goes on a diet
and we all start losing weight.
