First Month as a Vegetarian

It was cheese, counting calories and carrots, pizza,
broccoli, bread, peanuts, omega-3 pills
like fat June beetles, tofu, yogurt, meat dreams;

there was marrow Monday;
It was eggplant, spinach, sprouts;
there was tongue Tuesday;
pasta: angel hair, ravioli, lasagna, macaroni,
tortellini, pasta roni;
there was umbles Wednesday;
It was cannelini beans, cheese binge, black beans, brown
beans, lima beans, kidney beans;
there was tripe Thursday;
iron deficiency,
more spinach, more broccoli, cashews,
zucchini,
cheese addiction; there was fatback
Friday; It was lettuce, cucumber, tomato,
onion, corn, granola;
there was sweetbread Saturday;
endless research and attempts to
exorcise the meat demons;
there was success

until suet Sunday.