A man rips
   apart my house
bite by bite

with teeth holding
   rotted wood chips
like toothpicks
after a meal of
   summer corn
roasted in spring green husks
and
strands of butter silk

A man rips
   apart my house
bite by bite

with brilliant teeth
   in a mouth that
speaks in tongues
that my heart knows even
   as it slips through my mind
slick as coconut oil
to pool in my wordless
mouth

A man rips
   apart my house
bite by bite

A man rips
   apart my house
lupine jowls slathering
as his chain saw teeth make
   dust of where I live
dust of what I've done and been
ashes of my name

A man rips
   apart my house