Mary Anne Abdo

Eggs and Mega Millions

Ah, the joys of my December baking season.

Several dozen eggs, no problem.

Sale upon sale for the chicken’s finest.

Mixing, baking and decorating.

Goodies from our culinary heritage.

To set upon platters for Christmas treats.

January came, to my grocery list horror.

A dozen eggs past the cost of six dollars.

Evening news anchors reporting stories of bakeries and bagel shops raising prices of our favorite delights.

Newspaper cartoons giving some poets ideas of protest.

Because poets are never bored to lightheartedly voice their opinion.

Guessing our favorite Sunday stop will have to be one less dozen.

Investing in a Mega Millions ticket or two.

So hopefully, I can afford to pay for a dozen of eggs or two.

©_Mary Anne Abdo

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I could not pass up the opportunity to write a poem to protest the price of eggs after seeing Jeff Stahler’s cartoon in the newspaper last week

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Bored.
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Mary Anne Abdo is an author, poet and photographer. She graduated magna cum laude from Luzerne County Community College with a degree in Human Services. With a background in freelance journalism; she uses her poetry as a source of creative expression, which reflects on many facets of what it means to be a human being living in these modern times. Her self-published poetry book, "Fractured Lollipop Poems of Brokenness Healing and Hope is now on Amazon Mary Anne has a passion for art, culture and literature. Her work has been featured in The Edge of Humanity Magazine,Mind and Matters Magazine, Moonstone Press,Grit and Grace Magazine, Orenaug Mountain Publishing,Pennsylvania Bards,Local Gems Press,The Avocet, Calla Press,Scranton Poets Live, and Studio B's annual poetry anthology. Mary Anne placed second for her photography and short story submission in the Museum of Family Prayer's 2022 Mary Garden contest. She has also collaborated on several children's book, Creative Gems Volumes 2&3, and has been featured internationally in Bindweed Magazine's seasonal anthology.Her work has been archived through the National Library of Ireland courtesy of Bindweed Magazine. She has appeared on the local talk show PA Live, The B Inspired podcast Eat the Storms Podcast and several stage appearances. Her first children's book, Pumpkin The Cat Who Plays With Words is now on Amazon. You may check out her work on: Facebook: Mary Anne Abdo/Poet/Author WordPress: https://bluestainedglass.wordpress.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryanne.abdo/ YouTube: @maryanneabdobluestainedglasspoetry64 TikTok: @mary.anne197 Linkedin: Maryanne Abdo On these sites you will find her current projects in photography, video and various forms of canvas art. Mary Anne resides in Scranton Pennsylvania..

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  2. You are not alone. The price of food has sky rocketed here too with a simple pack of butter over twice the price it was; also up there is the hike in price of imported food from warmer countries.
    Couple that with our energy bills that have more than doubled because of the war in Europe and the mind boggles and the heart sinks at how ordinary people are expected to live.
    The choice between heating the home and feeding the family has become a reality for so many people in the UK. My heart goes out to them.

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    • Sue,it is just not right for everyone to be struggling like this. Especially Europe over this war. We are expanding our garden this year and I will certainly be canning more food products. It is certainly hard for the elderly. I hear this with our older patients before they discharge to home. Thank God our local area on the aging has programs to ease their burdens.

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