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
Jun 13, 2011
Jun 13, 2011 at 2:15 PM UTC
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
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