Poem: Kitchen Magic ~ Lysbeth Em Benkert
Kitchen Magic
~ Lysbeth Em Benkert
Mom does long
division.
that number
sits under
a roof, where
the other
knocks on the
door, where the
pieces drop out
below,
getting
smaller
maybe
a
de
ci
mal.
some days it
sums zero,
other days
there’s a remainder.
she never
uses a
calculator.
