Her cupboards are almost bare…

Her cupboards are almost bare
Not totally void of food
But not what she really wants to eat
All of the time.…
They have lots of pinto beans and black-eyed peas—
The kind of stuff mama bought
To stick to your bones—served with cornbread
“The stuff that could stretch”, she’d say.
The refrigerator shelves aren’t too full these days either
Lots of room to store those plastic bowls of homemade chili
And leftover vegetable stew.
Not a lot of sweets—
She seemed to have lost her taste for them
When she started making her dollars count.
Her gas bill has gone down a lot these days too!
Not always cooking on the stove but
She likes eating her greens raw.
Looks good on her too!
She’s not eating as much as she used to
A lot less throwing potato chips in her mouth.
Seems to be mostly fruit and nuts now.
The bruised ones don’t cost that much.
Her cupboards are almost bare—
Not totally void of food
But she’s stretching every dollar
And eating right
Now.