Back to basics, by Britta Benson

This poem is my response to Brian Vos’s Weekly Poetry Prompt. The theme this week: Back to basics. Here’s the link to Brian’s blog: https://brianvos.com/2022/05/13/back-to-basics-your-weekly-poetry-prompt/ And here’s what I made of it: Back to basics The list used to be long. This, that, and the next thing, all essentials on the shopping list of life,