Milk on the Window Sill

For our science project

we put a cup of milk

on the window sill.

Then we left it for a week.

We wanted to see

what would happen.

Part of me hoped something

miraculous would occur – 

rainbows sprouting through

the roof, or satyrs singing 

in majestic chorus, perhaps..

But deep down I knew

that it would turn yellow,

then go putrid, and stink,

until Miss Cartwright made us

throw it all away.

Joshua Seigal