Monday, March 3, 2025

his tabasco sauce

i move
his ashes from
the mantle
to the kitchen table.
i make
coffee, i ask
him if he wants cream
in his.
he never did.
but i ask anyway.
i make
toast
and eggs.
i set a plate out for him,
the salt and pepper
shakers,
his tabasco sauce.
then we
sit
and eat.
the silence says everything.

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