5.11.2023

A Herd Unthinned

If only it were only

your cursive words in chalk

on fifteen magnetized spice shakers

half-full of leaves and peels

that we dehydrated


but there on that

once-shared refrigerator

are six canisters

still empty, waiting 

for what can't come


like a fool

who saves boxes

in overflowing closets

but doesn't know 

how to best use them.

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