Here and Gone (Fall 2016 Issue)

a green notebook resides
on the nightstand
with wedding photos and
antacids and glucose tabs
whose only reason is
to catch gossamer things
before they’re gone
before the early birds
and worms and I come
fully alive
and on one page is scribbled:
1/3 tsp. baking soda
2 T. fresh squeezed lemon juice
mix until fizzing stops
then add 8 oz. water

it is a untitled formula
to some
gossamer thing
I can’t now recall

it is an important thing
here and gone

I’ve lived long enough
to have secrets to spare
but something keeps
those secrets secret
even from me
only hints at things
caught in a green notebook

Wanda Morrow Clevenger -  is a Carlinville, IL native.  Over 377 pieces of her work appear or are forthcoming in 135 print and electronic publications.  This Same Small Town in Each of Us  (Edgar & Lenore’s Publishing House; 2011) paypal link: http://edgarallanpoet.com/This_Same_Small_Town.html
A magazine-type blog updated at her erratic discretion is here: http://wlc- wlcblog.blogspot.com/