My refrigerator gets too full
with ambitious recipes
and my fear of running out.
Fruit piles on butter
and wine lays down cool,
all ready as eggs to use.
I plan meal systems
and clear the shelves
for cleaning and order
in life and provision,
until the next supermarket
hunt and gather.
My packed fridge lives
for diminishment,
a life of full and using up
Michael Penny was born in Australia but his family moved him to Canada when he was a teenager. Since then he has published five books and in numerous literary journals.