Eat with enthusiasm

eat with enthusiasm, all of it,

open mouth, stuffing food in as fast as 

you can, cheeks stuffed like a hamster's.

snot mixes with strawberries and 

zucchini bread, an occasional wipe 

by a misguided adult, it is all good,

the salt and the sweet.

eat with enthusiasm, all of it,

until the last small tomato that she

throws to the floor along with the 

spoons.

she's done now.