Jaw

The walnut bag contains shells which
can crack your teeth, depending
on the strength of your jaw.

So many things are like this;
one bad bite and you’re changed,
just a little, forever.

Give me false teeth, an honest tongue,
and a stomach full of walnuts.

How about love that comes out
like a baby from its mother, with pain,
with labor, with new life and need?

Your teeth erode like tombstones.
You’re buried under the jaws
of white mushrooms chewing the sky.