It's Still Life

Eggs and Pepper

Two jars of peppercorns in the pantry.
I take peppercorns off the shopping list,

and he says we haven’t enough milk for breakfast,
says he’s not going to the shops – it’s too late.

No problem, I say. We’ll have eggs.
And pepper.

AI digital art (Midjourney) Quadrille 44 Words (sans title) ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter