THE LAST TOMATO

IT'S A LONG TIME 'TIL NEXT AUGUST
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There's
    only one left...
         from 2014.

It's sitting here waiting to be
              eaten
    in a much-anticipated
          BLT sandwich
tomorrow.

It began
    as a small fragile
         little plant
but oh the potential
    of small little things
         on this planet!

How many dozens of 
    big red tomatoes
        were provided
by that tiny pitiful-looking
    plant...

Which was planted at the end
    of the windy
        month of May
and held on thru hot June
    and hotter July.

It was "iffy" for awhile...
    but the little plant
        grew up big
and drank a lot of water...
    even grew to depend on
         the Old Hot Sun.

In fact, it was nuthin'
    without the Sun.

Those tomatoes have brightened
    many'a summer and
        autumn day...

Just listen to this: tomatoes for---
    Spaghetti sauce...homemade 
         salsa...salads...hamburgers..
               chili con carne...
BLT sandwiches;  breakfast with
    eggs and bacon...or then, there's

Tomato soup...cabbage stew...
    Tomatoes covered with cottage
         cheese...black-eye peas with
cornbread, cantaloupe, and tomato slices...
    or maybe the best of all:
        bologna sandwiches, with four
             tomato slices, each.

Yes, it's all over for this year...
    except for the fried green tomato
                     folks...

....and our LAST TOMATO for tomorrow's
                       BLT sans...

Ah, but what about "store-boughten" ones?
     "We won't go there."

W.L.M.

Bob's Tomatoes

Cabbage Stew

BLT!

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BY MIL
11/12/14