the poverty diet

i opened the cookie jar on my girlfriend's kitchen counter to find it full of peanuts, pretzels and snack muffins. the closet full of liquor minis. stacks of single portion cheerios. i wondered if other people would find it strange.
i have been bringing less and less with me on trips so that i have room for stuff i pick up. potato chips. candy bars. mayonaise packets. sandwiches.
i am afraid of becoming a food hoarder. i returned from a 3 day trip last night with a garbage bag full of airplane food. i put it in my silver bin in the corner of the kitchen. michael could barely get through it to find a coffee cup. i wonder if this is what it was like to live during the depression.
when i die and people have to clear out my home will they just find tiny packages of pretzles under the mattress? cans of ginger ale and bloody mary mix stacked high in the basement? ham and turkey sandwiches in a deep freezer?
who ever thought it would come to this?
i lost 15 lbs in 3 months thanks to ... poverty.