She Didn'T Know

SHE DIDN’T KNOW
Mum cooked me a hearty breakfast, with bacon fried in lard. She said I ought to grease my chest, For winter mornings could be hard. Cholesterol wasn’t invented till nineteen eighty seven So she didn’t know she was hastening My entry into heaven 7th June 2021 Bite Size Poem No 5 contest Sponsor - Line Gauthier

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Date: 6/17/2021 1:18:00 PM
Cute one. I don't think it is the cholesterol at all but how one's body reacts to it. My father loved side meat and biscuits(made with lard). He ate that every morning and for lunch every day most of his life and he lived to be 97 minus 2 weeks. Mother did the same. If one works and doesn't stress out it makes all the difference. Congrats on your win. Sara
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Date: 6/9/2021 4:17:00 AM
A funny one....Enjoyed your poem Bryn.....Congrats on your win.....Hugs, Shonima.
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Date: 6/8/2021 3:15:00 PM
A fun write, Bryn! Congrats on your win in Brian's contest! Blessings, Kim M
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Date: 6/8/2021 11:52:00 AM
My grandparents died long before 1978 - in their 90s, so eating an unprocessed food breakfast did not do them any harm at all, but enjoyed your poem. Good luck!
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