Now, from Margaret Gibson, known as MargaretG

on Allpoetry.com, here's something to lighten up a cold winter day.

She can be found here by the way:    http://allpoetry.com/MargaretG

Margaret lives in Kiev, a lovely old city located on the Dnieper river in the Ukraine.

Kitchen Philosophy, or Sorting Beans

As quite a lot of my time is spent in the kitchen,
and life is happier spent cookin' than bitchin',
let me share with you what I think life means,
illustrated in the metaphor of BEANS.

Beans, we are told, are very nutritious food,
provided by God and farmers for our good,
which come in a variety of shapes and sizes,
as some called peas are beans in disguises.

Likewise, people come in many outward forms,
and it's hard to define any kind of norms,
but certainly, they are nothing like machines,
these multicoloured lovable human beans.

Most of the beans in the market are fine,
but a few bad ones take a lot of time,
first to see that they are not among the best,
and then to separate the rotten from the rest.

Great care must be taken for loved ones' sake,
to avoid the result of bad-bean belly-ache.
But don't over-analyse the badness of a bean,
just pitch it out, and get on with routine.

The family will certainly be getting thinner
if the cook studies beans instead of making dinner.
Good nutrition and good life take serious thought,
it all starts with putting good beans in the pot.


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