That Will to Divest

Action creates

a taste

for itself.

Meaning: once

you've swept 

the shelves

of spoons

and plates

you kept

for guests

it gets harder

not to also

simplify the larder,

not to dismiss

rooms, not to divest yourself

of all the chairs 

but one, not

to test what

singleness can bear

once you've begun.

--Kay Ryan