Eat [I]

Our green blankets, those which kept

us snug, are pulled back with a

crack, discarded

long threads which we had sewn

in and around our multiples

are pulled free; unravelled

blackened outer edges 

like bruised pinkie toes

could be snapped in half

or boiled, barbequed, roasted in foil

some cut us loose

and we fall to the plate

or they'll sink teeth in

outer edges too hot for

little hands to hold

mini-pitch forks inserted

butter drips from us

to chin to plate

the husk of us left like empty 

honeycomb cells.