From the collection And Don’t Come Back, 2021.

And the fact is that the one is not over

This chapter involves
A slap-on of fig jelly
to cover that slice of naked toast
who in its febrile imagination
now recognizes itself as having reached
the apex of adornment
And then along come the teeth
who make short work of the whole thing they
Clap shut the covers of that book
They do. Don’t they?
They do.

9/17/20