At The Right Time

It wasn’t that
He avoided eminent death
By eating certain foods and
Drinking wine to excess,
He never gave a second thought
To what he would eat or drink,
“Drink when you’re thirsty,”
"Eat when you’re hungry,”
The old Zen adages kept him going,
No matter what he ate or drank
He could always explain
His preeminence in adjusting
To new cuisine,
By taking two aspirin
Before he went to bed.