Article: Sunday Lunch at Baptist Hospital.(poem)

 
   As in most hospital cafeterias, fried 
   food's the chef d'oeuvre of their chefs, 
   a connoisseur's collection of cholesterol, 
   a dieter's wet dream: dry deep-fried chicken; 
   pecan pie; green beans with melted cheese; 
   hot bread; hot taco chips; more melted cheese. 
   Some come here for the food and, odd, the ambience-- 
   this family, after church, grandfather, father, 
   son, for inexpensive lunch, a long tradition. 
   The dad pulls like a laborer at his roll. 
   Grins. "How's your salad?" Mops his gravy up. 
   There's nowhere else that he would rather be. 
   Others sit ...

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