leftovers

                          (for my lady)

if you want, we can save the rest of the words

for later, 

for a late snack 

after the kids have gone to sleep 

(when we can take some clothes off)

or for brunch 

with some sun & wine & some background music, 

it's your call

we can even doggy bag them, refrigerate them, 

save them for tomorrow, lunch, 

which can be just as good

since you're always stressing 

that i'd spend less on me 

& more on you (sorry, more on us)

there's also the option of letting other couples 

have a crack at them

(since you refuse to throw 

perfectly sharpened recyclable words away,

since one of our hobbies

entails saving, one plastic bottle at a time, the planet):

we can donate them or make a family activity

out of it: have a yard sale

see if silence (time in its purer state) does the trick,  

or our body language 

in the worst case scenario

it's your call

c. a. campos, 2011