Mari’s lunchbox, by Rick

Mari was so sleepy this morning from accumulated sleep debt that she skipped her meditation and let me prepare her lunch box. Her eyes still closed, she gave me her order like she was talking in her sleep.
“Fried rice. With…. garlic. Onion. Ninjin.… little curry powder. And nasu.
To this I added some piman for color. (What are they called in English? Like small thin green bell peppers.) Some cherry tomatoes on the side. Mari finally got out of bed only about 15 minutes before she had to get on her bicycle to work.