Re-Invent
she’s walking
around the house
in and out of rooms
picking up things
putting them down
and the quiet’s too loud
so she switches the tube
to a cooking channel
but there’s too much food
for them, for two
used to never be enough
empty cartons in the frig
crumb of cereal in the box
ham but no bread
bread but no ham
and the dog was fat
like the laundry
and there was always
somewhere to be
and then there wasn’t
and she thought she’d be relieved
but she wasn’t
all this time
was left
and she hadn’t a clue
what to do with it
she’s walking
around the house
in and out of rooms
picking up things
putting them down
and the quiet’s too loud
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