Potatoe Salad

How much would you pay for a good meal?

Does 100 dollars sound too high?

Not if Norma Perrenoud is nearby

And is willing to make her potato salad.

This creation alone is worth $100 and more.

For sure, no store could do it like Norma.

Her invention exceeds God's intention

Of what a potato salad should be.

Following her do-it-as-you-go recipe,

This marvelous chef combined

cooked potatoes, onions, eggs,

Dressing, salt, sugar, and more

To create a three-helpings-at-least salad.

But more than this, Norma and Kay knew

What else to serve with their meal.

Roasted hot dogs with relish and mustard,

Dill pickles, olives, cottage cheese,

Chips and cookies galore

Mixed with the right pop

Made it hard to stop

And talk between swallows and bites.

Yet the conversation between grownups,

Who acted like kids,

Was delicious too.

At Big Grassy just south of Taylor Road,

After a rich afternoon of ATV fun,

Kent, Glenna, Kay, Norma, and I

Sat in the sun

And told war stories.

Everything that day was easy:

The domed, gigantic, cloud-filled sky,

The range cattle grazing nearby,

The June green stretching like a city park,

The sheep dogs which barked on the far hill,

The new, ATV, Honda Foreman

Which Kay and Norma rode,

And the easy solitude

Which takes a load

Off any man's back.