Crunchy corn flake crumbs
in crevices
I didn’t know existed.
Crunchy corn flake crumbs
and bits of ground chicken
filling up my children.
Filling up their bellies.
As I sit –
because chicken nuggets are the easiest dinner
and I talk to my kids
as they form ketchup puddles on their plate
and dip fried crunchy chicken
into red paste (and acid, red dye, high fructose corn syrup).
There is silence besides
cccrunchhhh.
In their mouths,
beneath my feet,
as I fill the water pitcher.
Chicken nuggets are not healthy.
Meals should be healthy.
But Meals should be served happy.
Sometimes, that means
wonderful
chicken nuggets.