Pile of Packets

Up in the cupboard
We always had a pile of packets
An assortment of colors
Indicative of their flavor
And sorted in no particular order

Every now and then
When it was time for a pitcher
Of sugary flavor water
We’d shuffle through
That stack of packets

Cherry, grape, lime,
Fruit punch, raspberry,
Strawberry, watermelon,
Black cherry, orange,
And one lone packet of apple

​There were other flavors, clearly
But these were the flavors we liked
These were the ones most common
In our cupboard then
And in my cupboard now.