Regrets

Regrets (1st draft 6/26/23)

Regrets can't be held like whey in a bowl

but they can linger, vapor-like, a deep smell

that you sometimes get used to

or momentarily forget about.

But can anyone truly forget anything?

Just the other day I remembered-

it's already left me again, but it's

there, curled up napping my behind my eyes.

Leah, used to take the whey

and pour it down the drain-

all that good protein joined up 

with all of the other refuse

or our apartment complex.

But she's learned now,

that even things that seem like they are a waste

can be useful.

She uses the whey to make pies and thicken recipes.