Barcode

Little squares

Lines of black on white

Scattered across my floor

Incomprehensible

Until

I saw more spilling

From the broken maraca

That could not be discarded

Reminding me

How you

Insisted

That they be collected

Although neither of us

Smoked

And ultimately

You had me

Picking up the damned things

As well

Looking toward some

Eventuality

You would never have

Covid

I gather all together

And replace them on the shelf

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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