Poetry of Ordinary Things

See how the sunlight
comes across the table,
touching my hand
and the paisley coffee cup
I emptied earlier, is refilled 
with a pouring
of the same anointing light.

I am enamored 
by ordinary things
like that spoon catching 
a reflection,
the blue bowl holding
a few pieces of fruit
and a smear 
of strawberry jam
I have left on a plate.
Even the fridge 
in the corner 
gurgling as if 
its stomach was empty,
is in communion with me. 
Each morning 
I begin with this modest feast,
give thanks,
catalog the pieces
in my poetry.
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