interlude why must we dine on the tots old grandfather lou begged a question at supper as mother defrosted the meat from the tupperware casserole dish with the red polka dots why must we dine on the tots oh grandpa she said with disparaging tone you ve been spending too much of your dying alone time by reading those books having radical thoughts of course we must dine on the tots what good were those kids before they were our food outrageously smelly impulsive and rude thus you know very well that the fresh produce rots so clearly we ll dine on the tots i remember said lou when we all looked ahead your rationale s crummy who ll live when i m dead my nightmares these days ties my insides in knots oh why do we feed on our tots but before he could finish his daughter placed a fork to his lips and transformed by the taste he exclaimed oh the flavor how i savor it how did we live before dining on tots 