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le mot juste
© 2008 michele may

 

empty refrigerator

there’s nothing in your refrigerator
i said
leaning in
searching for something.
anything.

i don’t need anything but you.
he answered.

i laughed
until i realized
he was serious.

that’s too much to ask
and impossible for me to give.

how can you be so selfish?
he asked.

and i thought
how can you?