The Things to Do

The things to do: bring an egg from herHens, a found apple, beet leaf, cat's-ear foliage,Ensuring freshness even in October.
The skillet she heats, oil frisking.Here's egg: break yolk, turn once or twice;Insert chopped fruit and greens, with salt and pepper;Now turn again, wait, remove from heat,Give all to a spelt wrap. As she sits to her meal, aSun rises, invests her eastern window, spills in
To caress and warm six thick maple boardsOf her grandmother's table. Whatever remains to be
Done's already forgotten: the meal an emblemOf all her morning cared to be.