stocked up
when I looked up
the roots of the word stock
it said “supply for future use;
collective wealth”
and reminded me that
it was four hundred years
before it became a kitchen word
still I think about
the pot simmering all day
filled with a collective wealth
of bones and root vegetables
as common tap water
turns into a supply of
sustenance and flavor
that awaits the call
of a collective hunger
when the pot simmers again
this time a richer boil of
comfort and conversation
another collective wealth
to share extravagantly
Peace,
Milton
