Life in Lists
Can you knit together a year
from the fragments of
notes and lists?
Strawberries,
string cheese,
cashews -
what she ate.
Sprinkler man,
insurance lady,
vet -
who she called.
wine,
books,
earrings -
what she gave.
900
400
600 -
what she paid.
carpenter,
painter,
bug man -
who she paid.
workshops,
art shows,
pot lucks -
what she planned.
vodka,
knives,
DVDs -
what she bought.
poems,
stories,
emails -
what she wrote.
Life's so much richer
than the
lists and notes -
who she loved,
when she laughed,
why she cried.
(c) GMK 1/28/2015
