Health Food Bites

Logo: Sun-Maid Natural California Raisins. It is drawn on a piece of wrinkled torn paper.

Mom embraces

the natural food movement

and is an instant zealot.

HEALTH FOOD is our new way of life.

In place of chocolate? Carob—

and carob is revolting.

Raisins for dessert—

but raisins are not dessert!

Have Mom’s taste buds

dribbled out of her mouth

as she smiles

blissfully feeding us

corrugated cardboard?

Health potions

the manifestation of love.

The foul flavor *flavor* **flavor**

of fishy-tasting capsules and oils

repeating all *urp* day long.

I teach myself to palm

Dad’s Chips Ahoy!s

as I stroll casually by.

A fourteen-and-a-half-ounce package of Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies. Four cookies are depicted surrounded by chocolate chips. ‘Cookie Keeper Tie Bag’ is written below the product name and the triangular Nabisco logo is in the top left corner.