Four Placemats

Four placemats sit neatly on the small kitchen table.

They’re hardly used because no-one comes round for dinner

But she likes to have them on the table to hide some stubborn stains.

In the middle of the small kitchen table is a plant.

It’s been neglected but the dead heads have been removed

And now the plant looks more presentable, the kitchen more sophisticated.

She places her cup on a placemat on the small kitchen table.

Bubbles float about on the top of the tea and she thinks ‘that’s a sign of money coming’

And then her eye is drawn to the twinkling glass of her empty sweet jar.