I am removing items from my refrigerator
Cheeses that wouldn’t save
Vegetables that had hoped for another day
Strange meats forgotten in the attic
There is rancid stuff in jars
There is wilted stuff in baggies
I acknowledge them and say good-bye
In the basement
There is a unique kind of sweet potato
Which was given by a friend
I had forgotten about them both
Donut Shop
most customers order theirs to go
the glazed, the old fashioned, the maple bars
they take them in small white bags
the big orders in pink boxes
there are also patrons who order “for here”
they nest at the counter and at tables beside the window
daydreams floating like buttermilk bars
memories uncurling like cinnamon rolls
amusements twirl
ideas fancy as French twists
flavorsome steam ascends from the coffee pots
dark roast, kona, or hazel
refills on the house
© Cesar Love. All rights reserved.
Cesar Love is a Latino poet influenced by the Asian masters. A resident of San Francisco’s Mission District, he is also an editor of the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal.
He is the author of Birthright and While Bees Sleep.
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