Life in Lists

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