September 2015
Despite being a life-long consumer of poetry, I spent 22 years in manufacturing before my muse awoke and dragged herself out of bed. I sympathize with poor and working people and I advocate for peace and against corporate power. My poetry has appeared in Verse Wisconsin, Blue Collar Review, Stoneboat and a few other publications. My first chapbook, Who Are We Then?, was published in 2013 by Partisan Press. You can find more of my poetry and other great poetry here: http://littleeaglereverse.blogspot.com/
Her Tea Bag Waits For Me To Rise
There on the counter
next to the stove
she has placed her tea bag
still worth one strong cup
sitting on a small saucer
next to her now clean mug
which is next to her plate
and butter knife
which are next to what’s left
of our loaf of sour dough bread
which is next to the butter
now perfectly softened
which is her way
on her work days
of sharing breakfast with me
the laziest retiree in the world.
There on the counter
next to the stove
she has placed her tea bag
still worth one strong cup
sitting on a small saucer
next to her now clean mug
which is next to her plate
and butter knife
which are next to what’s left
of our loaf of sour dough bread
which is next to the butter
now perfectly softened
which is her way
on her work days
of sharing breakfast with me
the laziest retiree in the world.
©2015 Ed Werstein