A Delicate Task

the cup broke
shattered into shards
that lay scattered
on the kitchen floor
a cupful of memories
on brick patterned linoleum
I collected the pieces
fingering the places
where letters spelled
out words, with a bottle of
glue—guaranteed to hold—
I became the archeologist
fitting each chip into another,
ignoring the empty spots
making due with a basic shape,
a bit lopsided, the handle gone
the words with spaces, unsaid—
what couldn’t fit I swept away











Pad Day 2 Prompt: Together Again