Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Cherry Pie

For Bonnie Jo, and anyone else who hasn't read "Cherry Pie", From Con Hilberry's chapbook, The Fingernail of Luck:

...between/ two buttered crusts.../flesh so deeply sugared it/ astounds the mouth./ To coax it all to bed, a downy// pillow of whipped cream./...

Salivate, salivate...