“This Morning,” Ensign, Aug. 1978, 68
This Morning
this morning started
way too early
the cereal burned
and small baby fingers
threw most of it crashing
to slide
on the shine
of the
newly waxed
floor
but on your quick way
through my same
kitchen-world
you walked around
cereal
and left me a kiss
on the warm
of my neck
now even this morning
(that started
too early)
sings the song
that you whistled
to me