Spoiled

Hello leftovers!
I can see you there
in the back of my refrigerator
collecting dust and turning green
a little.

You were something once
carefully prepared
and sealed inside
your tupperware.

You looked so good
I was going to save you for a day
when I could enjoy you properly
and you couldn't have waited
a bit more patiently?
As I smelled that stench
from across the room
like patience expired?
Like sweaty feet
that never bothered to walk away?

Yet you're still here
taking up space
in the back of my refrigerator.

You're past you date
and spoiled rotten
best to be thrown in the trash
and forgotten.
As hard as it is,
I'll get the job done
and clean out my fridge
for the next best thing to come along.

So hello leftovers!
Hello and goodbye!
You looked good for a while
but you went bad in far too short a time.