SUSHI

 Sushi from Wasabi. Sushi.

Not the grocery store

Eating it with my friends.

When I told my friend I had eaten sushi from the store.

She recoiled in horror.

I thought sushi was sushi.

I soon learned how wrong I was.

Where had real sushi.

This delicacy....

Where has it been all my life?

Watching my friend eat ginger.

Eww.

I know it's good for you.

But...

Gross!

Waiting until two p.m. to eat.

That's when my friend got to the nursing home.

Eating it in PT.

It was our secret.

I can still hear one of the PTs telling us.

 "You're all going to get food poisoning."

California rolls,

Philadelphia rolls.

Seaweed Salad.

Heaven.

Not too much Wasabi

That stuff will clear your sinuses/

(I could use some today. I have a cold.)

When I eat sushi now

Even the imitation kind.

I remember my friends.

I remember the laughs.

Good times. 

Good food.

Good memories.