Grocery lists

bumpy as a bee

carrying the pen

 

My eyes

to a squint

and I could decipher:

 

Cucumbers

tomatoes

garlic (extra)

Gazpacho –

 

Beets

ripe, red

thick

and cold

Borscht –

 

Matzo Meal

round

cut with a knife

no floating chicken

salty

Matzo ball soup –

 

Eyes shut tight

in the chair of a giant,

Marriage of Figaro , and you,

in a synchronized hum.

 

“What is with the Goddamn chopping!?

Yummy

Perfect

Just the way,

I remember…”

This – is what people say

without

prior

thought.

 

Words

Spill

out

Like knocked over

paint –

Thick and unfortunate.

 

7 yrs old

calf folded into thigh

Mound Zion

 

41 years old

calf folded into thigh

Mound Zion

 

I know,

We are never of this age

and

yet

 

Always.