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Milk sits
on the back shelf
taken too soon
from a mother's reserve
for somebody else
for some other purpose

given to messy lips
that went to the store-
chose it on sale-
drink it for the wet
finish the carton
and open the next


Diane Kaplan

This poem is appearing in the Poetry Journal
Premiere Generation Ink. Volume 1 Number 1

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