We Made Pie Instead

I will go back to that silent evening

sitting with a friend by the flame of a small candle.

What a day we had, following busy geese

along riversides, sipping something hot

in slow coffee shops, smelling cinders

in the air as afternoon melted to dusk.

Right then, I wanted to write a poem,

but we made pie instead while we

coaxed memories to do their shy

unraveling and rebuilt each other

bone by younger bone. Outside,

just a sliver of moon, but light

plenty to dust the room in glow—

ah, God, how unsubtle You are

when I’m paying attention

enough to see days unwrap themselves

like unforeseen gifts.

author: Sarah Tate
issue: Bounty
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