According to a study conducted by the USDA on World Milk Day, The average American citizen Purchases 15.75 milk gallons a year The average lifespan of an American is 82 years Consider 1291.5 gallons in a lifetime You were 73 the night you died Not all 82 years are guaranteed, not all 1291.5 gallons are either The night after the crematorium took your body, I found a gallon of milk in my fridge Behind boxes of grapes and various fruit The expiration date read a few days later than the night of I couldn’t help but cry Because the average lifespan of a carton of milk Is 4-7 days after opening, it had been 3 days since we got it And yet you’re gone and here sits our milk Unspoiled And however many dozens of miles away You sit Spoiled Molded Rotting Being turned into ash Being dumped Like a spoiled bottle of milk
