Spaces and Occupants

A blank cake

Gets a smattering of piped petunias.

A blank canvas

Attracts the splattering of a pretty picture.

A blank shell

Forms a fitting abode for a homeless hermit crab.

A blank shell

Was beached by a grown-out hermit crab.

A blank canvas

Collects cobwebs in the study of a sold-out painter.

A blank cake

Sits on the counter close to a burnt-out baker.

Spaces and occupants,

Fillings and emptiness.

An oscillating tango

Of lull and lure.