Sat, 13 December

Inventory of a Table Set for No One 1 linen cloth, ivory, ironed once along the bias 3 plates (the fourth sold at a garage sale in 2019; no one mentions it) 4 forks, silver-plate, tines facing down in the Continental manner 4 knives, ditto, blades turned inward as if ashamed 2 wineglasses, one with a nearly invisible chip on the rim — always placed at the same seat 1 water pitcher, glass, filled to the etched line that means "enough" 4 napkins, folded into triangles, though someone once folded them into swans and everyone laughed 1 candle, unlit 1 window, west-facing, currently admitting the last twelve minutes of direct light 0 guests 0 apologies 1 breath held