Don’t worry, Margaret
I have washed my hands
and chopped today’s right
out of the garden vegetables
on the wooden block
as ordered
I have not snuck beef,
chicken or fish broth
into the soup contrary
to your specific instructions
No additives or nitrites, MSG,
preservatives, sulfates,
or any of that other junk
Strictly sea salt
I promise not to saw the hot,
just out of the oven, multigrained
legume and nut bread
until table time
Funny, I once skimmed off
a film of dust blown from a latrine
on the Cambodian Border
onto the surface of week old water
in my canteen cup,
and I’m still here
As for that expensive sack
of herbs and supplements
you swear by,
those potions and bromides
been marketed since witchdocters
The old timers called them
snake oil
Don’t worry, Margaret
Everyone’s going to die,
no matter what they eat
That’s not marketing
That’s science