every time we vacillate
between meat and cheese
neither or both
tomato
avocado
lettuce or no
mustard of course
the usual choice of spread here

here
inside the sandwich

bread is always more important than most might assume
but tartine
what does it mean
how is this even a thing
to be inside

the sandwich
is its own thing

as a family
somehow
this is a time
for thinking about it
the sandwich

with elder care
young adults
still here
still in need of care
and yes
the bread metaphor holds

but what of us inside
this sandwich
do we deserve
such choice
such care

and again
what could it mean
when we become
tartine

Peace/Love

m(~_~)m