lunch on tuesday

wars
armies, forces,
states, countries, nations,
allies, enemies,
legions, units, troops,
soldiers, grandpas
dads

don’t
ask me
about the what
when it’s the
why that
weighs.

Grimm reports that beans have black seams
because a distant ancestor of our
modern beans laughed so hard
at her friends’ misfortunes
that she needed
stitching back
together.

Well,
my beans
must have been
laughing very hard indeed;
instead of thin black seams,
they are wearing big black patches.
I wonder what they found so funny…?

waking up and wondering whether
it’s courgette or zucchini
in the time-zone
where I
am.