I swept off the picnic table benches
and cleaned the top, and, also
the table beside it which holds
my disarray of naught.

I wiped down the table's cloth
and redeemed the lot, and, also
the table's tabletop, which once held
my disarray if naught.

I saw my tennies footprints
overlapped in the fabric of dust below
the table's benches, so I took the hose
and sprayed them into naught.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
© Copyright 10/12/05