Of Bacon and Letters
I eat my idealism and know
it tastes like squash.
Never yuca, but the yellow mold
force-fed to generations of crew-
cut boys dreaming of chocolate.
A second of flavor sinks
to liquid meal.
Where is the fillet? Who ate
my cheeseburger? How many
calories in these words?
I think I am growing gaunt
high up on this stool.
Others offer sympathy around
pieces of late-night coffee cake.
I eat, and in the morning,
nourished.
Just enough till lunch.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 7 |
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