do you feel like I do
how do you think I feel
she replies
to my ignorance
it was a rhetorical question
I open the refrigerator
pull out a can of beer
from the top shelf
yeah I know I know
I see your daughter
has been painting elephants
yes mostly pink ones
I confirm
there’s an elephant taking a nap
in the next room
turning to the sink
she washes the sharp knife
placing it in the strainer
having walked away
unceremoniously
I make myself
a meatloaf sandwich
february two thousand twenty-three
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