by Carol J. Rhodes
Grade school, first bicycle,
high school, first date, first kiss,
college, first car, first job,
third floor walk-up flat.
Bought latest edition of Cooking for One.
Engagement, marriage, honeymoon,
newness of sleeping in the arms of love,
instead of a kiss at the door.
first house, dinner parties, trips.
Gave Cooking for One to a single friend.
Bought latest edition of Elegant Meals for Two.
Children, carpools, Little League games,
empty nest, daughters-in-laws,
doctors, hospital, funeral,
strangeness of small apartment.
Gave Elegant Meals for Two to newlyweds
across the hall.
Bought latest edition of Cooking for One.
Author Bio: Carol J. Rhodes lives in Houston, Texas with a household zoo of two poodles and four cats. She plays bridge once a week, and always has an online Scrabble game going with her best friend. She can be reached at: rhodes.cATatt.net