mom:
a breakfast bowl of gummi lifesavers look like wheaties in an era where the sole determiner of performance is net brain glucose says mom.

mattie:
hello. gelatin is protein says mattie,

mom:
so is egg white says mom as she starts another scrambled egg,

mattie:
but eggs have cholesterol says mattie,

mom:
"half your brain is cholesterol" says mom,

mattie:
"half of the sludge on dad's arteries is cholesterol too" says mattie.

mom:
you dad was born without enough LDL receptors says mom,

mattie:
"what does that have to do with cholesterol" says mattie.

mom:
"what do cloves have to do with an orange" says mom,

mattie:
"what do hormones have to do with cholesterol" says mattie looking at a pimple in the toaster

mom:
its time to go