Emblematic

Love your special
We’ll order two

baby spinach

hot bacon dressing

hard-boiled eggs

thinly sliced

Your very special

We hunger from you

venison jerky

smoked & spicy

locally sourced

thinly sliced

Take your special

From you very

protein smoothie

frozen berries

fleshy banana

thinly sliced

Now go home

But you have to

We have all

You knifed apart

Rime Frost

evening vapor calm

dawn divulges white coral

royal icing trees

Hoarfrost: deposit of frozen water vapor formed in clear still weather on vegetation

foggy night branches
in the morning white needles
he only sees snow

Because sometimes I need reminding that my hardships are not

Scarcity

brought home whole milk honey when
store was out of non-fat vanilla

resorted to pinto beans because
store discontinued yellow lentils

preferred pork best by 18th
today is 22nd

extra-firm tofu missing from shelf
had to settle on silky softness

plastic pull-ring pulled apart
store compensated for troubling

plenty of roasted, salted seed sorts
no packages of raw