what to eat

if you want to get a splitting headache
in like a new York minute
start looking up what's healthy to eat
on youtube.
within ten minutes you'll find
that meat is good for you.
that meat is bad for you.
eggs are the devil. eggs are good.
lettuce will kill you.
avocados are full of fat.
coffee is bad. salt and sugar, evil.
too much fruit, too little fruit.
no milk, no dairy, no gluten.
no pasta, no bread, no fish
full of mercury. sardines
and anchovies, yes. but not
in oil. no glucose, or syrup,
or candy,or cake. nothing in a bag,
or a box, or a barrel
you only feel safe
with celery, or parsley.
raw vegetables and all the while
I look at my ninety-two year
old father smoking a cigar
and eating a steak.