cold soup

the cold soup

surprised me.

i'd never had cold soup 

that was meant to be cold.

i'd had plenty

of cold meals growing up.

two slices

of bread with something

found in the fridge

between them.

a swipe of peanut

butter perhaps. cold

chicken

still on the bone,

but cold soup? in the dead

of winter.

what will they think of next

i thought.

saying nothing and feeling

bad for her, not yet

mastering the art

of soup.