Sunday, March 16, 2025

what if i ate all of this

what if i stopped
shopping,
stopped going to the grocery
to fill up
the cart and take
it all home.
to fill the shelves
and racks,
the refrigerator
once more.
what if i ate what i already
have.
the last inch of peanut
butter
in a jar.
the three slices of bread
at the end of a bag,
a can of olives.
those grapes
going soft,
that box of pasta,
with ten strands left,
the butt of a ham covered
in foil,
pushed behind
a box of Chinese food
from Hunan West.


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