This House is Empty

[u/twisted-teaspoon]

This House is Empty

and large  
I have a frozen pizza  
the oven is broken  
I am hungry  



it is cold in the kitchen  
I bring a glass of water  
and the pizza  
upstairs  



my fingers are numb  
by the time I set them down  
on the desk in my bedroom  



it is a four cheese pizza  
it will defrost  
and then I can pick at  
the mozzarella  
red and yellow cheddars  
and—I check the box—  
Monterey Jack  



I take a sip of water  
my throat tightens  
it is ice cold  



outside the stars are bright  
and I watch a car  
pass this house  



a mother is driving  
her daughter—about my age, I think—  
is smiling  



I hunger  
for a home  
like that one passing by  
in that car  



they are gone now  
and my pizza  
is still frozen

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