the grocery list

going through
your box of important
papers
for tax time
you come across a
hand written note
from decades ago.
a grocery list.
it's wrinkled
from being wet
at one time,
but folded neatly
into a square.
milk, eggs, bacon.
chips. wine.
bread and cereal,
it reads.
brownie mix.
at the end of
the list are
a few words
in someone else's
handing writing.
candles it says,
massage oil.
twine.
you smile and say
her name,
then fold
it back up
to stuff neatly
into the bin
of bank statements
and stock reports.