crumbs
just enough
to chew
keep the inertia
at bay

hunger
sits on the hook
of Y chromosomes
pulls strings

ambition
partioned for
starvation times
rationed

my mind
is a mouth

when i sleep
it eats my dreams
when i wake
it eats me

07/04/2008

Author's Note: Eating.

Posted on 07/04/2008
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