Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

todays restaurant menu is not so lovely

reading a menu in a restaurant used to be a pleasure
relaxing, while my tongue salivated at the tasty choices
today the reading of the menu was not so lovely

signature skillet twenty-one hundred calories
cobb salad twelve hundred and eighty calories
potato chip seventy calories

I have been watching my weight at home
but eating out is a treat; I have not done it for a long time
I guess after eating this nine-hundred calorie cheeseburger
I will try to waddle out of here and watch my weight go up

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Ilene Bauer September 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM ha! i agree 100%, caren! i see no reason to post those calorie lists - if you can't figure out whether what you're ordering is fattening or not, that doesn't say much about you. let us enjoy a meal out without feeling bad about it! Caren Krutsinger September 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM I refuse to look at those insane numbers - they seem elevated to me Ilene