RATIONING
1 min readApr 2, 2020
I stood in line,
the line
for older people. We
stood apart
silently hoping
to find TP.
There is no TP today.
I remember my mother’s words
after a WW II shopping trip,
“No butter
today.”
Why did she say that?
We churned our own butter.
I turned the handle,
watched the paddles splash
the white cream up,
explode into a yellow ball.
