Don’t save it

In my travel bag
There are
A pack of gum
And a handful
Of cough drops
That have gone bad

The gum breaks up
Into grit
And the drops
Are fused
To their wrappers

All the times before
That I would have
Chewed a stick
Or sucked a drop
I said to myself
I’ll save it
For later

June 07, 2021 at 07:57AM