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We Let the Water Waste
March 11, 2011
A hand
dry, cracked, brown,
cupping an aged metal spoon.
Black-blue fingernails
and parched, textured skin;
veins pushing to the surface,
yellowed. Yellow and stone white
shot through flesh. It is a sign
of grime, of injustice, of the rust
that coats the shallow, twisted ladle
she holds. An empty ladle
in a brown hand. Here, we let the
water run. We let the water
waste. A little girl
wastes away.
© LZ A., Grand Junction, CO
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