Can you knit together a year

from the fragments of

notes and lists?

Strawberries,

string cheese,

cashews –

what she ate.

Sprinkler man,

insurance lady,

vet –

who she called.

wine,

books,

earrings –

what she gave.

900

400

 600 –

what she paid.

carpenter,

painter,

bug man –

who she paid.

workshops,

art shows,

pot lucks –

what she planned.

vodka,

knives,

DVDs  –

what she bought.

poems,

stories,

emails –

what she wrote.

Life’s so much richer

than the

lists and notes –

who she loved,

when she laughed,

why she cried.

                                                                                                                            Glenda Kotchish