brown lettuce

you throw away
more food than you eat.
sometimes
you toss
a head of lettuce
into the trash
as you leave
the store.
already brown
behind its plastic
wrap.
you pour milk down
the sink,
a half of jug
gone sour. you
place stale bread
into the can.
even the dozen eggs
you left on
the counter are
cracked
with little beaks
being born.
the numbers for pizza
or chinese
delivery,
on your phone
are fading
and worn. even
that will be half
tossed
before long.