Why it’s OK to live a little

This entry is part 25 of 28 in the series Morning Porch Poems: Autumn 2013

 

My mother said
There is thrift,
and there is thrift.

By which she meant:
warmed up, redressed,
some leftovers still
will not pass the test.

 

In response to an entry from the Morning Porch.

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