clean the fridge

i clean the fridge.
it's about time. so much debris
collected
over the past few months.
whose avocado is this?
whose
rotted lime?
seven bottles of salad
dressing.
an apple gone soft.
grapes,
shrunken in the bag.
smoked salmon in foil.
a box of Chinese chicken
stuck
to the glass shelf.
packets of soy sauce,
fortune cookies unwrapped.
half bottles of wine.
i empty it all. time to start
a new
collection.
bring something over,
maybe a freshly baked
rack of chocolate chip cookies
with nuts,
or an apple pie.