Scabby Bits

by Tamara Anna Pawlak

Photo by Daniel Gregoire/Unsplash

Scabby Bits

All I want is a bowl of cereal, but a family of rats picked off my teeth. So I’ll have applesauce—like I did yesterday...

My stomach is rotting inside of my body,
and my lungs are too.
All that’s left of my liver is a few scabby bits.
I have fifteen maggots in my navel,
and my eyeballs were picked off by blackbirds yesterday.
All I want is a bowl of cereal,
but a family of rats picked off my teeth.
So I’ll have applesauce—like I did yesterday,
and then I’ll blow out the candles
on my birthday cake.

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