If You Do Not Like the Food
If you do not like the food, please do not let them know.
The child stares at her mother.
Isn’t that lying? She wonders.
She keeps her mouth shut when she tastes the olives.
But her face does all the talking her mouth could not.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2022
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