Oats.

cereal in the
morning
mourning
the passing
of night into day
or awakening fresh

down to the base-
ment for milk.
tit-for-tat;
that is
oat-
meal.

Horses eat oats.
I think.

break-
fast
poet-
ry
wri-
ting.

most oats
moistened
with milk.