There is no sunshine.
Cascading through
The wide porch windows

The overcast morning’s task
to make a grocery list
cans of soup, types of fruit,
nuts, cereal, potatoes, and more.

Don’t forget paper towels,
toilet paper, pancake mix,
and Jell-O.
Don’t forget the Jell-O.

Dots of White Queen Anne’s lace
Splash in the backyard

It’s August, and soon
the Lazy Susans and Cone Flowers
will go to seed.

Mundane, the view becomes prosaic
Making lists becomes dreary,
And days drift through the year

Lists and life,
unlike love, become mundane.