she consigns half a heart-shaped
pizza to the freezer; just one
sentimental step from
the compost bin.
She wants to reproduce
her late husband’s
black bean chili, but
he died without sharing
his secret ingredients.
She sets the timer,
lets her imitation
chili simmer, picks
up his deck of cards,
lays out a hand of solitaire,
and wins. Then another,
and another, and another.
Martha Christina is a frequent contributor to Brevities. Longer work appears in Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, earlier postings of Red Eft Review, and most recently in Star 82 Review, and Crab Orchard Review. She has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press).
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