Marmalade

By Jake Price

Heaven is a morning routine that never ends. 

I’ve never been able to wake up to an alarm. 

Angels only eat jam spread on bread. 

wake up 

rub your eyes

throw the blankets

sigh

try not to fall back asleep

go to the kitchen

make breakfast

why not?

burn toast

don’t eat it

might as well

throw it out

Eternity begins and ends  

in the amount of time it takes to brew coffee. 

The only things in the sink are dirty butter knives.