Tuesday morning coffee is always interesting; in fact, the ladies involved call it “Therapy.” And we’re apt to reveal our innermost struggles, knowing they will stay at the café. Perhaps this is why one friend felt comfortable admitting she’d never eaten a Peep®. (I have her permission to reveal this.)
The rest of us were surprised, given S is on the social security side of life. That’s a long time to go without eating the marshmallow-y confection that just turned sixty-two itself.
Since we meet in a supermarket, two of us decided to see if it stocked Halloween Peeps®. It did. So we snatched a package of white Marshmallow Ghosts, paid for it, and returned to therapy.
For the record, Peeps® are gluten free and fat free. They are a negligible source of cholesterol, fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, and iron. They are low in sodium, but high in sugar. Three ghostly Peeps® equal one serving with 110 calories and 28 carbs.
But each of us only ate one ghost, so the damage wasn’t significant. Later S emailed her appreciation for our expanding her universe. In fact, she wrote two Haiku to the experience that I offer here:
Haiku to Peeps® I
Sugar, gelatin
Eyes that never stop staring
Nothing else like Peeps®.
Haiku to Peeps® II
Little ebon eyes
Permanently fixed on me.
Peeps® everlasting.
Therapy is a wonderful thing.
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