today
you put on your good sweater
your favourite pair of jeans
real shoes instead of slippers
lip gloss
you curl your hair
wear your best earrings
you make fresh coffee
from beans
bake cookies from scratch
you add lavender to launder the sheets
sweep the patio for the third time
you weep for the ward clerks
the grocery shelvers
the empty playgrounds
and you turn the hourglass over
again
and again
- © Linda King 2020
Linda King is the author of five poetry collections - the most recent antibodies in the alphabet ( BlazeVOX Books, 2018). Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals ( including a very early issue of Bluepepper) in Canada and internationally. King lives and writes on The Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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