Cutlery

Through silent communications, deep codes
Of discontent measure through mashed potatoes,

stainless steel on teeth, scrapes of indulgence
And urgency transmitting at equal frequency

Such that it takes years of careful discomfort
To interpret the subtle meanings; displeasure

At the weather is as easy to endure as severing
The heads of asparagus, the haunting meeting

Of ceramic and intention worked with steady
Anger through the flesh of beasts, misery

In the flavor and atmosphere conducted through
The scrape and clink, tune of tine and teeth.

We Develop a language of cutlery, rending of the heart,
In order to hear the music of forks.

 

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