9/365
the afternoon was a river
and became a waterfall
into the night.
I swam slowly in my paints while cookies, fudge, and family moved around me.
I imagine tomorrow like the kitchen
I was brought up in, the kitchen I am drawing in.
stir in the sugar, baked in the oven, and here it is.
time and time
again.
[image: Karen Cygnarowicz]