Fridge

Sausage, peppers, and eggplant. Salmon and snow peas. Glass containers and cellophane. A Tuesday wrapped in foil. Expired juice next to dill pickles. A jar of jam that's not homemade. Ham with too much salt. Hummus and wilting herbs. Eggs in a cardboard carton, one cracked. Mayonnaise, ketchup, yellow mustard. Spicy peppers no one wanted. Plain yogurt with a watery skin. A rind of parmesan. This is what's left.

Popsicles with slimy slush. Frozen berries and spinach too. Ice that has that freezer smell. A pint of rocky road ice cream, your favorite. This is what’s left of you.