illustration: WARPAINT from The Apache Collection

SPRING CLEANING




After you left

I took off my war paint

and tore down the walls

of the life I had built around you


I swept your familiar blue footprints

away from the front door

and cleaned out the cupboards

cluttered with love's broke dishes


Then I heated up a can

of leftover memories

and ate them from a table

set with paper plates

and plastic spoons.