Ode to the BLT

poem

Photo by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash

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Let us speak of the beauty of bacon,
lettuce, and tomato sandwiches.
Well, the bacon, lettuce, bread,
and mayonnaise taste great, sure,
but they're predictably great because
we bought them from a great
grocery store. But, O, these
tomatoes—these shockingly 

delicious tomatoes!—fresh 
from the vine in our yard. My wife
grew these tomatoes. She made
this sandwich. O, her love for tomatoes.
Her love for me. My love for her. 
This is what tomatoes can be—
a reminder of those beautiful hours
when marriage becomes a feast.