“Lesson” by Karah Tull

i drank rotted 
milk once
from my
Granny’s
fridge 
that’s when I stopped 
trusting her
stopped eating
food
even one day
past
expiration
but still i
hoard it  
rotting long 
past its death
stench 
in that cold, dark
place
just in case

Karah Tull has a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Tennessee. She was also the winner of the 2018 writing Fellowship to the Wilma Dykeman Literary Festival in Hot Springs, hosted by Amy Greene.