Mother worked the ten hour shift
Tonight
To put a plastic chicken
And a string bean
On the dinner table
I poked it with a fork and
Steam came out. When I threw it
On the ground, I will swear
It made a sound
I haven't had meat since Christmas
Mother
Remember?
She looked at me
Red eyed
These weak ten hour shift
Eyes.
On second thought,
I can't even call them eyes
They were in sockets and beady
Black and red, broke and
Needy
Mother shoulders Colossus
With a full life shift
She comes home blind and
Plops a plastic chicken
And a string bean
On the dinner table
We'll stay halfway broke
With these life time shifts
I'm ******* hungry
I haven't had meat
Since Christmas
Aug 8, 2013
Aug 8, 2013 at 7:17 PM UTC
Mother worked the ten hour shift
Tonight
To put a plastic chicken
And a string bean
On the dinner table
I poked it with a fork and
Steam came out. When I threw it
On the ground, I will swear
It made a sound
I haven't had meat since Christmas
Mother
Remember?
She looked at me
Red eyed
These weak ten hour shift
Eyes.
On second thought,
I can't even call them eyes
They were in sockets and beady
Black and red, broke and
Needy
Mother shoulders Colossus
With a full life shift
She comes home blind and
Plops a plastic chicken
And a string bean
On the dinner table
We'll stay halfway broke
With these life time shifts
I'm ******* hungry
I haven't had meat
Since Christmas
