sharpening the knives

- for geb

as you get
closer to
someone
there is a
point where
you come
out on the
other side
of them
holding

a grocery bag
in your hands

when you get
home you

look inside
wondering what
you are doing
with all this
food you

don't remember
buying

but there

it is

sitting on
the kitchen
floor

and you

sitting there
next to it
trying to
figure out
what to make
for dinner

and how many
places

to set at

the table.