Farmer Jim’s wife
Lynn
Always let me
Eat their frozen
Country-fried steaks
Out of the freezer

It was the best part
Of my day
After picking cherries
Tying up tomatoes
Mowing the lawn

One day
I microwaved a steak
Put it on the bread
And sat down to eat
When I saw some customers
Through the window
At the shed
Out on the driveway

Which was another part
Of my job
To take their money
Bag their fruit
And be nice to them

So I left my food
Ran out there
Helped them
And came back
But my steak was gone!

I spun around
Looked on the floor
The plate was there
Had I not
Even made it?

I checked the freezer
But the box wasn’t there
I looked in the garbage
And there was the box
It was the last one

I looked down
And there
Was the old terrier
Named Pete
Looking up at me
As guilty
As a dog can be

June 26, 2021 at 06:20PM