Revelation

Revelation

While busy
Making Friday
Lunch,
Mrs. Bunche
Carelessly
Spilled
The shaker
Of salt, 
And came
To a halt.
Before she 
Could think,
The entire
Amount
Went into
The sink.
She turned
Away
From the
Pot of
Soup.
Valiantly
Trying to 
Regroup,
And damn
If it 
Didn't
Suddenly
Seem
Her whole
Blasted
Existence
Had been
Just a
Dream,
A waste
Of time 
And a
Foolish
Scheme.
She had
Made
An endless
Meal of
Her 
Life,
As somebody’s
Daughter
And somebody’s 
Wife.
She put 
On
Her hat, 
And
Walked
Out
The door,
And no one
Saw
Mrs. Bunche
Anymore.
Mr. Bunche
Was not
Too sad,
Things 
Did not 
Look
Too bad,
But now 
Mr. Bunche
Had to 
Make 
His own 
Lunch.
The soup
Was flat
When 
Down
He sat,
But it
Wasn't
His fault
If he
Had no
Salt.