Pronounce.
The salt frost across your plate has its reasons,
Equity, ignorance, fundamentalism, feminism¦
¦and cost,
Utter.
Equity in the building of bridges,
Ignorance of the meal at hand,
Fundamentalism in the notion of paradise,
Feminism in its look¦
¦and cost,
Explain.
Cost in the sour look on the plates face,
White and male,
With the grease from the bacon¦
¦On its face,
Divulge.
From the curve of its lips,
To the bald shine on its head,
Dirt wailing against your walls¦
¦but,
Spoke.
With soap in the basin,
And calm in the seas,
Regret will always last longer than triumph¦
¦and bloats the face with ease.
© Copyright 2006 Leigh Cole
Soon to be published in Decanto Magazine, August Issue 2007 (Up and coming magazine) (Masque Publishing)
Also Published in The Journal #17 (ISSN 1466-5220)
