Brian Gotta

Excited to share that my poem “Wisdom” has been published in Third Wednesday.

Wisdom

While shopping for eggs
I opened a carton,
wiggled each, and one stuck:
A secret crack I couldn’t see.
I put them back and chose another.

It’s a habit I’ve had
since the day, as a student,
forty years
and three thousand miles ago,
when I put a dozen in my basket
and an elderly lady approached
with this tip:
Move every egg to make sure none are broken.

Our lives still brush
together in the dairy section.
It pleases her
each time
my fingers gently glide
over sandpaper shells.

— Published in Third Wednesday
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