They’re sent to live among us
stirring our pots of discontent
in varying disguises—
seasoning—
raising temperatures past
the boiling point.
To revel in the spill over.
Never stopping they
sniff out cracks in blood walls
of mud huts and mansions,
the most commonplace dwelling
will do; all can be worked.
Everywhere and anywhere.
Slaughter costumed drab and deluxe
safe-cracking you
while you’re eating a sandwich
not particularly of your choosing.
Susan Tepper is the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry. Her most recent titles are CONFESS (poetry published by Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and the road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019). Tepper has received many honors and awards. She’s a native ) New Yorker. www.susantepper.com
This culinary introspection reminds me of the powerful resistance poems that used to come out of the Soviet Union designed to throw off the censors.
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