Sunday, February 14, 2010

Poem for February 14, 2010

Happy fucking Valentine's Day!


Blue Eyes & Tofu: A Narcissist Moment

Water came out of the faucet
somewhere between
a drool and a torrential downpour
I flipped the garbage disposal
switch and shit went down

Tofu went down
like a stuffed toy cow sliced
by Kenmore blades
in steak-size chunks
mmmmm

A demon possessed the disposal
it bellowed something ancient
something tribal with its metal
lungs deep from hell
bwgrrrrrr

Day-old tofu stench
usurped the clean air
smelled like rotten veggies
post-sex pheromones

the whole time I watched it drown
I found a face so renown
in the ornate Spanish mirror
directly before me

blue eyes so large and round
a hue nothing near could match

even during the dirtiest tasks
I am...

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