unhealthy
he decided he wanted red meat for dinner while she ate his vegetables in vain
The poem is a tiny snapshot of a mismatch at the dinner table. A man decides, apparently on a whim, that he wants red meat for dinner. Meanwhile the woman is stuck eating his vegetables "in vain." The word "in vain" is the key: her effort to eat well, or to eat his share of the healthy food, seems…
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