birds are such mechanical jerks
their chewing gum guts
melt on your tongue

remember myself
licking the butter off a knife
like a commercial for inner peace

to be doggedly displeased
I am grateful to the hole in that tree
it is just the right size for me
to bark the day away

I am not a lesson for the universe
stop taking notes
I am not a sad, useful lesson

my blubber
digested small fry
Supersize me guy
holding up a side of fat
honeycombed gristle
glistening yellow

the cows on the 5
either their shit or their blood
or their misery smells like
my period