for lunch I had walrus
cross it off the list
along with monkey
panda
and some other animals
that weren’t on the menu
people
only because I had to
cross it off the list
for an afternoon snack
I swallowed shit
everything
it all tasted like tomatoes
interstate ten
somewhere in the desert
a roadside diner
I made love in alphabet soup
this obsession
consumes me
spoonful by spoonful
I know I shouldn’t personify you
but you speak to me
every night at the dinner table
I eat your every word
searching for meanings
definitions.