Grocery List
Daffodils for the table peaches and a little jar of cream Seven Grain bread and farm-fresh eggs six blueberry muffins and mix for the Tequila Sunrise . . . oh, yes, she better get some milk for maybe in the morning he will stay awhile to linger over breakfast and she can keep him with her for just an hour more . . . she'll fry his eggs and ask him if he wants more toast and pour him black coffee in the mug marked HIS the way she's done for all the other mornings silently crying, "Please" while she waits for him to say "I'll phone you" and choking back the fear
~Daphne Wilson
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