Red lunchbox
Sitting on the table
Lying open, unzipped, untouched
Red lunchbox
Still
With chocolate milk box and pasta with pesto in a plastic, reused container inside
A plastic blue fork
And loose straw, detached from the milk box
Red lunchbox
With a dried tomato sauce spot on the outside
And crumbs from the whole grain white bread of turkey and mayo sandwiches
Red lunchbox
Flipped closed and pushed to the side
A thump of a backpack on a chair
A swish as she swoops into the chair
Red lunchbox
Top lifted again
Container and milk removed
Pulled back
Closer to the edge
Poke a hole in the top
Of the box
And drip a drop inside the
Red lunchbox
...
Red lunchbox
Packed up
Empty greasy container
Blue, plastic, greasy fork inside
No milk box, no loose straw
Zipped up
Grab the
Red handle
Drag it off the table
And go upstairs