Grocery List

Her husband left the house

While she was still upstairs,

So she then said goodbye

To her clear blue beta fish,

Which turned away from her

As she was telling him

What she had planned for dinner.

But she did not stop talking,

Because it was the nicest

Discussion she had had

All week. She told him of

Her boss, her new perfume,

And he just swam around

The stem of the small plant

She kept in his small tank.

She told him of her plans

To take a trip to Seoul

As she then creased her list

Into a perfect square,

And slipped it in the book

That she’d been reading for

Six weeks. And on her way

To work, she realized she

Forgot to feed her fish.