Food
By agnosticnun
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A meal eaten alone is not
A meal, but sustenance. Savour
Is imparted by a face across the table,
A word of debate, the presence of company.
Even bad company. There are times
When I would give up my plate just to hear
You insult my cooking once more.
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I like this, it is so
I like this, it is so definable the difference between eating alone and eating with someone else. I like too how you've manage to give this emphasis in the last line too, deftly done in so few words.
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what onemorething said. Also
what onemorething said. Also how you swerve into the particular with "Even bad company"
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We are getting some really
We are getting some really wonderful results from this week's Inspiration Point - this is a little gem Kristi, thank you so much for posting it.
It's also our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!
Please share/retweet if you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Picture Credit:https://tinyurl.com/y7qb4jdx
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In a very different context -
This is, as others have said, a perfect little gem. In a very different context - not loss, just lockdown - yesterday I had my first meal with someone else for four months. Just a very simple lunch, with a glass of wine. It felt like a banquet.
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