foraging

i find a box

of saltine crackers way back

on the top

shelf of

the kitchen cupboard.

i need the chair

to stand on

to reach the open 

box.

the untied sleeves,

opened,

and stale.

each while square,

a salted

wafer,

dry and brittle to the tongue.

who left them

there?

and what's this?

tomato soup in a can?

not mine either.