One lonely yogurt
sat in the fridge for a long time.
Someone forgot to eat it.

Many lunches came and went,
but still, the yogurt sat.

A couple of weeks later, another yogurt joined it.
The new yogurt had high hopes.
It would be eaten for lunch that day
of course!

Time ticked by,
the two yogurts sat together
on the shelf.
one waiting, one giving up.
Something about Very Berry?

Each yogurt, in the cold,
could feel its expiration date burning
in the side of its lid.

Would they be eaten in time?

(c) 2000 Jessica Dion