Highway Robbery (January 30, 2016)

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As a diabetic

Am told

I need to eat healthy.

And yet

How does one

Do so

On a fixed limited budget?

Especially

With the daily depreciation

Of the Canadian dollar

(The loonie)

Against the greenback?

Or 

The extreme weather

That Mexico and California

Have experiencing

Of late.

In the past 2 month

My buying power

Has declined

By 40 %

For fresh fruits

And vegetables.

Luckily

The prices of frozen

Fruits and veggies

Haven't changed

Much.

Unlike those

On Ontario Works

(Read welfare)

I have some cushion

To protect me.

But

I refuse

To buy canned fruits

And veggies.

Given their levels

Of sugar and salt.

Or

The outrageous price

Of $3.95

For a bunch

Of celery.

Find myself

Refusing to pay

These outrageous prices

For fresh produces.

Instead

Choosing

To go without

Until some sanity

Is restore

At the checkout counter.


Therisa © 2016

Author's note: Yesterday (January 29, 2016), at a local fresh fruit and vegetable market, I saw green peppers, selling for $7.70/kg ($3.50/lb). These prices aren't, from northern Canada, rather, from Toronto. Lets just say, I bought only four of them, to make soups and chili, over the next few weeks. I know, I won't be buying celery, any time soon, give the current price of $3.50 +.


Sigh.