it seems a bit odd
given the range of my usual activities
and the life we once shared
that the place I miss her most
is my weekly visit to the grocery store

just shopping for the basics
the food to keep us going
milk, “Sugar Bee” apples, honey flavored yogurt
tuna fish, grey poupon mustard, napkins
toilet paper

just the basics

but she would always nudge me
smile with her eyes
and say

“cookies?”

I so dearly miss hearing that plaintiff word again

tio stib

category: life journey poems and prose
Tags: life journey, love, marriage, partnership
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