The Three C’s

Tomorrow you’ll depart from earth

never to return…

It’s the last chance to enjoy

all the foods for which you yearn.

For on this new planet

nothing is the same -

the plants, the trees, the vines,

the fowl and all the game.

You can only have three

of your foods to drink or eat

so, what will you choose –

a meat, a fruit – or something sweet?

Without a second thought,

I know what mine would be…

Irish coffee, chocolate

and some roasted chiles.

A splash of Bailey’s in my cup

warms my hands, clears my brain;

and without a bite of chocolate,

I think I’d go insane!

Did you know that hot chiles

take away the pain?

There you have it – the three C’s

coffee, chocolate, chiles –

So, now I ask you this…

What would yours be?

©Lorene Rogers Jan. 9, ‘23