{"id":1506,"date":"2012-12-14T02:36:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T02:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2017-07-11T17:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:44:55","slug":"2-milk-by-amanda-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/2-milk-by-amanda-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"2% Milk by Amanda Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2% Milk<\/h1>\n

by Amanda Wall<\/p>\n

The milk you gave me was skim. I wanted two percent, I would’ve even taken one.<\/p>\n

But skim milk makes the grass bend down and it never lets the leaves fall.
\nIt puts me in a congested alley.<\/p>\n

But two percent you see,
\nit puts me in a small cabin on an orchard where apples are so bountiful, I can stand on my toes and reach them through our kitchen window.<\/p>\n

Two percent is sweet wine and kisses in the garden, public for all to see, but private because it’s just you and me.<\/p>\n

Two percent is you and me together, nothing separating us, nothing stopping me from stretching me to you, nothing stopping the connection.<\/p>\n

Two percent is leaves falling on us at our wedding, two percent is our bed of leaves that night. Two percent is my gift to you.<\/p>\n

But all I see right now is skim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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