Michelle Batho

Refrigerator

Thank you for keeping that cold

No moldiness here

Just a big white box

How do you do what you do?

Electricity

I see a picture

A picture of us back then

I smile at change

So full of treasures

And some very gross secrets

But those are in back

Lots of different racks

Each holds its specific food

Organization

The things that you hold

Used to be different than now

We don’t have Eggos

I hold you open

Sorry to let out the cold

Wasting your hard work

I look at you, fridge

I look at all your contents

Nothing is quite right

Sometimes a surprise

It distracts me from my work

Sometimes delicious

I close your big door

And move up to the freezer

Why is there bread here?

Freezer burn blanket

Cold, not my kind of blanket

I close the freezer

Please help me kitchen

Don’t hide your snacks from me now

Kale? Who eats this shit?

I know who eats it

We don’t have any rabbits

Mama eats this kale.

I’ll sit on this stool

Waiting in this spot for you

Please come make me food

I don’t like this stool

The weaves are uncomfortable

But I have to stay.

Stagnant until freed

Let’s wait it out together

All in good time, fridge