Cereal for Dinner

she lives alone

enjoying the freedom

of eating cereal for dinner;

there is no man around

requiring meat, a vegetable

and dessert for dinner.

A bowl and a spoon sit

on the countertop at the

end of her nutritious meal,

not dirty pans, spatulas,

cutting boards and the

odor of cooked meat hanging

in the air.

Life is so much simpler

this way, if only it weren't

so lonely.