Rationality

5.25.06

In a white pantry

yellow sunshine bathes the walls

and shelves lined with multi-colored canned goods

Heavy tins containing syrup bathed fruits,

water soaked peas, corns and beans,

figs in honey and water chestnuts

promise rations in hard times

Their weight anchors whisper thin

ages old, lilac printed shelf paper

which flutters when windows open

and the breeze enters

An old can opener slices curved metal

to reveal contents, some post dated

most with years to go

And summer's orchards bear their fruit

as the screen door bangs open and shut

with the daily traffic

of hungry souls