she writes
to me in a
hurried text.
are you good
at math, can
you help me
measure this
room. plus
i'm having
guests and need
to figure out
what pound
turkey to cook,
what size
pan of butternut
squash to whip
up, twelve
people are coming
and three have
special dietary
needs. hold on
i tell her,
i'm getting my
slide rule.
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- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
1 comment:
the turkey and butternut squash i got covered, but lord save me when it comes to figuring out how many strips of sod I need at 9 sq ft a strip.
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