Unfold the paper
glance past the untidy creases
to follow the recipe for disaster
there are urgent symptoms you cannot
ignore, rules that demand
full focus and a strong gut
for diarrhea (even if the h slips to the end)
spelling is not the first rule
or even the second despite the fever
it’s the vomit times two
that precipitates a call
warns that your obligatory lip
was laced with poison
timed for release
no later than 9 AM
♦
Ruth E. Walker is a poet, playwright and the author of Living Underground. She lives and writes in Oshawa and dislikes litter except when it has a story to tell…
♦♦♦
Up Next:
“Some-City-Nincompoop-Visited-Norma-Going-Zany”
The Litter I See Project 