the interview


i am applying for work
at the life extension institute.
experience and ability to gently care
for living body parts
a plus.
must love the feel.
as we swallow, with both hands, a heart, a kidney, a liver.
to caress,
to feel life.

now see
how smooth the lines of this rib cage, leading to?
i love this job, he finally confesses.

grilling what he says is chicken.

the weeds

the weeds,
flowers.

as silent
as jewish cemetery.

visiting hours,
as i see
rock as tombstone.

no roses.

what i learned.

forgotten.