Issue 3:
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Janet I. Buck
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The Measuring Spoon
How do you calculate
emptiness in ways
it clearly massacres?
A double basin
in spacious bathrooms--
just one side mussed
with toothpaste chalk.
A closet to yourself
where room
stinks bad
like soiled fruit.
Wine without
ten finger toasts.
Garage half empty.
Lawn too long.
A pair of mugs
where one becomes
a candy dish.
A door ajar
where silence rules.
The measuring spoon:
love eats alone--
shares supper
with a cloying dog
and empty bottles
in the trash.
~Janet I. Buck
Janet's poetry appears on the internet in over 200 publications. Calamity's Quilt, her new collection published by Newton's Baby, will be in bookstores this fall. Email.
© 1999 by Janet I. Buck. All Rights Reserved.
© 2000-2002 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.
This page updated April 23, 2002.