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Infirm Ingratitude
Since I broke my arm and leg and am out of commission,
all my friends and neighbors have assumed it as a mission
to bring us over casseroles—two or three a day.
Way too many meals-on-wheels for us to put away.
Not one of us encouraged them, yet they seem to compete
in conjuring up mixtures that they feel that we should eat!
And though it’s rude to quibble over what it has elicited,
allow me to point out that all this food was unsolicited.
One concoction more has just wound up at my door
that I know my family is sure to abhor.
That the dogs and cats won’t eat it is our in-family joke.
I’d put it down the drain, but our garbage disposal broke.
My husband says it’s wasteful to throw out all this food,
but I would have to chain up my picky-eater brood
and pry their clenched jaws open to get them to just taste
all this food my husband has said I shouldn’t waste!!!
Yet I’ve lately noticed that he, too, seems way less able
to consume the edibles delivered to our table.
So I’ve devised a plan and tonight is my rehearsal
for my plot to deal with leftover food dispersal.
My broken leg is slowing down the speed with which I dash
to sneak out after midnight bearing our inedible trash.
I lug the laden bags out with my one good arm,
hoping that my passing won’t trigger the alarm
to turn the backyard floodlights on to wake up all the neighbors
so that they can witness my furtive nightly labors.
Now it is my incentive to speedily get well
just to end this present culinary Hell!!!!
Prompts today are: chains, concoction, unsolicited, quibble, compete and encourage.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Oh no. 😂😂😂😂
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Superbly crafted
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Hope you feel better soon!
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I hope this is fiction
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I am assuming this is fiction. Great story though.
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Judy, this is fiction, isn’t it? Please say it is!
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Yes.. I knew I should have said so!!!
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Actually, I must admit when neighbors show up with food, I’m always delighted. My next door neighbors are excellent cooks..as are all my other friends. I have some split pea soup made by my neighbor Sergio right now…
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Thank G-d!
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Yes..I think my previous answer to you didn’t get through. I should know enough to label the fiction. Rest easy……
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It did (sight of relief).
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I wish I were your neighbor. We could use some good meals I didn’t have to cook personally.
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