DOG BREATH: 21 DAYS OF POETRY, DAY 8

SMART THINGS MOMS SAY

Don’t skip breakfast,

you are likely to slip into a mood,

some past feeling may erupt,

directed at someone or some thing,

in the foreground of today.

Two eggs and a piece of whole wheat toast,

or maybe some ramen with smoked fish flakes—

whatever it is, whatever it takes

eat some breakfast and don’t be a butt.

Some people don’t have any breakfast at all.