Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

if we could taste this
by Jessica Knowles

1

I am writing you a poem about deep-frying.
I will coat your body with oil,
slide along the backs of your knees,
your throat hollow, your eyelashes.
bubble your skin with oil
you will smell of grease, heat.
I will place onion rings on your breasts.

2

I want a beard of peach fuzz

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