Growing Pains

SHEYLA MEDINA

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The pantry is barren

Dust-covered pots

Unused spoons

Facing downwards

Smothering childish yearnings

 

A home-cooked meal

 

The kitchen in shadows

Lackluster tiles

Some cracked, some firm

Below desperate scurries

Whispers of crumbs and

sights and

smells

of comfort

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