Egg by Linda Pastan

[conuly]

In this kingdom
the sun never sets;
under the pale oval
of the sky
there seems no way in
or out,
and though there is a sea here
there is no tide.

For the egg itself
is a moon
glowing faintly
in the galaxy of the barn,
safe but for the spoon's
ominous thunder,
the first delicate crack
of lightning.

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Speaking of eggs, take a poll! Units are in pennies to get around the whole numbers rule, so just imagine a decimal point in the correct spot. At the grocery store today eggs ranged from $8.40 per dozen on the cheap end to $12.75 on the pricey end.

Poll #32825 Egg prices!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19

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How many cents does it cost to purchase a dozen large eggs this week?

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Mean: 639.47 Median: 600 Std. Dev 193.02

400		2 (10.5%)
450		1 (5.3%)
500		3 (15.8%)
550		1 (5.3%)
600		7 (36.8%)
650		0 (0.0%)
700		0 (0.0%)
750		0 (0.0%)
800		1 (5.3%)
850		1 (5.3%)
900		1 (5.3%)
950		0 (0.0%)
1000		1 (5.3%)
1050		0 (0.0%)
1100		1 (5.3%)
1150		0 (0.0%)
1200		0 (0.0%)
1250		0 (0.0%)
1300		0 (0.0%)
1350		0 (0.0%)
1400		0 (0.0%)

Comments

[jhetley]

My entry is last week's figure. Will get an update tomorrow when we forage.

[conuly]

Well, you can always change your vote if it's radically different! (Or if it's not, but why would you?)

[jhetley]

Updated now, $5.99/dozen this morning.

[larryhammer]

Still $4.99 at the local Trader Joe's. We'll see how long that lasts.

[conuly]

How many dozen can you buy at once?

[larryhammer]

Ummmm -- good question. I didn't actually notice whether the 1-per-customer restriction is still in effect.

[archersangel]

$5.97 at wal-mart. might as well say $6.00, so i did in the poll.

they're the same price at aldi, up from $5.47 which they were about 3 weeks ago.

aldi has a limit of 2, wal-mart has no limit that i am aware of.

[fred_mouse]

Still seeing ~AU$5 online options.