Spreadings

      Perhaps my middle-aged spread, love,
      Is made of despair instead of
      Potato chips and beer.
      The refrigerator's cool porcelain leer
5     Sighs and hums in weighty solace
      Nightlong, and leaves a light on in the palace
      Stocked with richest foods, assembled desires
      Anxious yet to stoke caloric fires
      That youth kept warm
10    By muscle burn.

 

From the collection "The Sword Inside"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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