children grown—
dust accumulates
on half the kitchen table
Endnote: TED KOOSER ,U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006 chose this nine-word poem by Joette Giorgis, who lives in Pennsylvania, "that is based upon noticing and then thinking about something so ordinary that it might otherwise be overlooked. Even the separate words are flat and commonplace. But so much feeling comes through!"
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