Making Muffins
I am making muffins,
substituting some of the ingredients
which are not in my cupboard:
cream cheese helping to round out butter,
plums from a neighbour’s tree
chopped small and replacing blueberries.
I also add some ingredients
that may not be expected
(sunflower and pumpkin seeds)
giving texture to the mix.
I am thinking about potential
issues that might rise between us
under the same roof, you being
an early to bed and early to rise
sort of man while I tend toward late
evenings on the computer or TV.
We can adjust the recipe, I say,
replacing one thing with another,
adding in something fresh.
Are you talking about us? you ask.
We can deal with that, even taking
shifts to sleep if we must.
This makes me smile as you
indicate your willingness to take on
all the complications of a shared life.
I’m talking about recipes,
I respond, how they can be adjusted
and still be called a success.