Placesettings

the intro to my book "placesettings"

Place settings:
the fork moments
eaten delicately
the spoons full of dessert days
devoured:
the knife edged hours
cutting to the quick.
The silverware of our lives
define our being:
make up the
perfectly laid tables,
and the spotted stemware of our souls.
Fingerbowl memories
and bone-dish disasters:
these are what make us
who we are.