Daily Bread Community Food Pantry

No more bare cupboards,

fridge, and deep freezer

since returning with more than

our share of daily bread

referring to this mister, who

frightfully squawks like an old geezer,

plus the missus

also ain't no spring chicken,

being locked within crosshairs

elderly stage, she doth dread

ample carload for us,

alleviating this bum searching

for crumbs to tweezer,

thus powdermilk raw bits of biscuits,

I need not scavenge, scrape, scrounge...

substantial commestibles

allows poet taster to breathe easy

inadequately satiates the missus,

(whose Godzilla appetite) defies

(cole) laws of nature to beef fed

predominantly healthy food,

that weighted our automobile like a led

zeppelin choking, intermittently

kickstarting, sputtering... along,

asper in (faux wheel) wheezer

putting utmost pressure

borne by taxing groovy tire tread.

Once mission (not so impossible,

but blessed relief) complete, I did aim

upon returning where we live

to acknowledge gratitude and claim

salvation for charitable deeds,

yours truly doth exclaim,

these volunteers, none I know by name,

nonetheless, a hearty poetic L'Chaim

afforded folks, who commandeer,

confidently coordinate quite efficient process

despite minor lament regarding

heavy toll stressing bulwark

quaking chassis, ripsnorting driveshaft,

shimmying entire automobile frame...,

hence no matter

our exhausted 2009 Hyundai Sonata

puttered along somewhat lame,

kudos to dedicated good samaritans,

worth their weight in gold to tame

hungrily growling, noisily rumbling tummies.

healthy choices allow, enabled,

and provided us to secure provender

eases glum countenance of this clown

gratuity finds me bowing down

paying metrical obeisance

versus depleting meager monies

engendering botox frown

nipping in bud

forestalling need going

grocery shopping

to the nearest town.