dear Sadie,

wish i hadn’t laughed it off
when you told me
            kids sniff out fibs like
            drug dogs to dimebags
didn’t listen. even when you said
            trust me it’s their
            life’s work and
            greatest calling,
ever since the meat market
my son won’t stop his talk
about rib-eyes. he clutched
his chest, horrified, lost
momentarily in a thought
where his ribs have eyes,
and i told him (foolish, in a
fumble for magical answers)
            this only happens in cows.
            sometimes a very special cow
            has ribs which decide to
            sprout eyes.
then he says to me
            so we just take
            their special eyes and
                        …eat them?
i haven’t come up with any
good answers yet.

open to (any and all) suggestions,
Myrna F.