MUFFINS

it’s Sunday and who knows

when we’ll get tired

of going to bars all night.

within a few years

we bargain, at most.

so for now I keep

the extra bed in the attic

made up – in the morning

we wake and drink tea.

we make muffins.

you dice ginger

I sub whole-wheat flour

add some bruised pears

and bake 20 minutes.

by 1:30 we’re still

at the kitchen table,

half-a-dozen muffins

are gone.