Coffee doesn’t donut by itself.
It needs a hand to connect them,
donut in bag, coffee in cup.
The hand holding the bag
doles out the donuts, or
doesn’t, depending. I
want the chocolate-frosted;
so do you. I point out
you forgot to pick up napkins.
Friendship hangs in a balance
measuring the weightless moods
of acquaintance. Here: take half
my chocolate-frosted for
some of your sugar-glazed.
Ellen Roberts Young has published three chapbooks and two full-length collections, Made and Remade (Wordtech, 2014) and Lost in the Greenwood (Atmosphere, 2020). Recent publications include Slant, Oyster River Pages, Rockvale Review, and The Bluebird Word. www.ellenrobertsyoung.com.
