Other kids have fancier houses
They go to Disneyland
They go camping with their dads
You like to eat
Your mother puts you in dance lessons that Grandma pays for
You love that for a long while - the costumes, the music, the flowing grace of your arms and growing strength in your legs
One day you are told you'd be a good teacher and that is repeated throughout your school days until you are in university and finally decide it's not for you
You like to eat and bake cakes and pies with your friends
Your dad wants to take your good grades, your wit, and your love of reading and turn you into the Great Canadian novelist
You like to eat
You have children and you cook and bake and cook and bake and cook and bake and cook and bake
You teach them, too. They all like to eat, a couple of them cook almost better than you
You work in a restaurant. You work in a bakery.
The kids leave home
When it is just you and your husband left you ask each other:
What would you like to eat?
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