Stone Soup Croutons, 4-18-16, Thrift

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions picked up from poems overheard from Stone Soup's open mic readers and features. I figure out a title either then or later. It's likely some of the poets I thank at the end won't even be able to figure out which lines were inspired by their work. To paraphrase Lorne Michaels, the poem doesn't go up because it's good; it goes up because it's Tuesday morning. Today, though, life got in the way and it's up in the afternoon instead.

 Gale Batchelder and Judson Evans had an amazing feature yesterday. It came with such a rich open mic, I was able to incorporate not only the open mic but also one or two of the poets' introductions (thanks Gale and Daniel Moore). That doesn't mean the poem makes much sense, though I was able to incorporate the theme of seasons which at least three different poets used. I'll let you be the judge.


Thrift


Her fall moments
come in November.
Mine come in July.
You're unable to explain
that's just your personality.