Sugar Spoon
Venus on the Half Shell,
the sugar spoon rises
from a sea of blinding light,
finds herself alone,
unable to remember
where she came from
or who brought her
to this shimmering world.
Star-struck urchin,
adrift in your porcelain canoe,
you may be a stranger
in this strange land,
but you are not alone.
There are many of us here—
startled and agog
by the sweetness
we find each day
in our bowls.