Best Before

Dec 16 2011

A carton of milk

half full

expired.

At the back of the shelf

shadowed by leftovers.

Best before.

I squint, contort

reaching in,

when the sour smell

hits me cross-eyed.

Pasteurized, pure

half-empty, turned,

this is surely some kind of miracle.

Virginal milk

bubbling with life.