Conect11

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Heel Sandwich

Posted Feb 27, 2026 · 19 lines · 2 critiques

Heel Sandwich

It’s Friday afternoon
and I decide to make
a sandwich for lunch
before I go to work.

So I gather everything I’ll need:
Turkey, salami, bread, Swiss, mayonnaise. Plate and knife,
and set them on the counter.
I return to the refrigerator to discover the only bread are the two heels from a loaf of wheat.

I place them on the plate, flip them to put mayo on the end sides, and remind myself that it’s been years since I had to eat a heel sandwich.

That there are people in the world that would give anything to eat a heel sandwich.

That my ancestors undoubtedly ate heel sandwiches.

And indeed, there are many times in my life where a heel sandwich was a necessity.

As I was putting the knife into the condiment I looked over, at the full loaf of bread I must have taken out when I retrieved the meat, cheese, and mayo.

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I shrugged,
smiled at my forgetfulness
and continued to build my lunch
out of the two
bread heels.

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February 2026
28 Sat

Received a critique
on Heel Sandwich from @Geezer
"to the notion that this quiet, introspective tale, gives the reader a sense of emotional history. Been there, done that is my reaction to this poem. Tighten it up a little as the AI says, and this could be a bit smoothe…"
27 Fri

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Heel Sandwich
"Heel Sandwich"
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February 2020
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"did u divorce again A sad piece of poetry but powerful after one is placed in that kinda predicament Hope you will polish it as suggested I learn t a lot from NEO Poets"
January 2020
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Received a critique
on No Kids Live Here from @c lynn brooks
"I feel the emptiness in your words I live in a retirement community and love it . I did expect a little more in this write it left off rather abruptly"
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on No Kids Live Here from @scribbler
"Sorry I missed this one. What a sad description of living in a retirement center. I'd never even considered how the lack of children being around must affect people. I think perhaps the last stanza needs another line or…"
June 2019
29 Sat

Received a critique
on Reality from @swamp-witch
"Sore back stressed back take back myself. Love that. Feel that. Appreciate the way narrative shifts as the narrator gets ready. Nothing else I can add at this time, as school has fried my brain. Take care, Kels"
25 Tue

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"So we haven't "met", I was just looking through "undiscovered works" & found this very lovely work... bit heart breaking & terribly evocative in a realist way. I found myself right there in my own version of the experie…"
February 2019
14 Thu

Received a critique
on Vintage from @swamp-witch
"What a twist ending! A gentle handshake would have been quite all right, since she offered her hand. I had a poem once related to the concept of kissing the hand. Had a dream I was the girl at prom in an antique suit, a…"
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"Stopped!" by @Kailashana
"transported me. The way you described this happening was breath - taking, very descriptive. I felt an internal fear (from myself) upon reading how Jesus dropped His cross, oh, the implications of that. This whole piece…"
March 2009
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"Imitation of Freedom" by @Stella
"reminds me a great deal of Natalie Merchant, who is such a richly deep, emotional, and intellectual songwriter. You're so clever here, without being coy, and your words exhude a fragile strength. Like all of your poems…"
13 Fri

Critiqued
"Currents And Circles" by @poewriter58
"into this piece, just like the choppiness of water! This works really well, Chrys, the melancholy with which you've written it is spellbinding. On a minor, minor note, I wonder if you want the period between spiral and…"
13 Fri

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"Dagger" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress
"the mechanics of this poem are done very well, it's a touch emotionally disconnected, but given the subject matter that's to be understood. Mark W. "our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and par…"
13 Fri

Critiqued
"Woe Is Me (not for the faint of heart)" by @infinite_dwarf
"the poetry of Chuck (barbsdad2003) with the Golgothan demon from the Kevin Smith film, "Dogma." And the results are hilariously disturbing! I want to sarcastically thank you for bringing toilet humor where it belongs…"
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"If I....." by @Nordic cloud
"ah, the questions that we ponder from time to time! Perhaps if our bones were hollow like the birds, then maybe we could fly. A couple of minor grammatical errors, ie., ok, the first might not be grammatical, but repeat…"
13 Fri

Critiqued
" And the Universe Screams" by @Rett
"a single hyperbole to tell you this is far and away fantastic, it utterly blew me away! The cadence of this poem is perhaps the most quietly powerful I have seen from you. Beyond intellectual, beyond emotional, in this…"
January 2009
23 Fri

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August 2007
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June 2007
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May 2007
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First critique offered
on "Sun Up and Sun Down" by @Word
April 2007
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First publication
The Man in the River (since unpublished)
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First poem published 14 days later.

on Heel Sandwich from @Geezer

15 years of membership

on No Kids Live Here from @lovedly

on No Kids Live Here from @c lynn brooks

on No Kids Live Here from @scribbler

on Reality from @swamp-witch

on Aurora from @Cloudthings

on Vintage from @swamp-witch

on GlueStick from @Hismommy1

10 years of membership

"HOT CASINGS" by @Esker

5 years of membership

"Stopped!" by @Kailashana

"Imitation of Freedom" by @Stella

"Currents And Circles" by @poewriter58

"Dagger" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress

"Woe Is Me (not for the faint of heart)" by @infinite_dwarf

"If I....." by @Nordic cloud

" And the Universe Screams" by @Rett

1,000 critiques given

One year of membership

100 poems posted

June 2007 — 51 poems

on "Sun Up and Sun Down" by @Word

The Man in the River (since unpublished)

Membership begins

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