Masticate This
poem by Didi Menendez
art by Julio Mateo
Insanity drives you visiting cemeteries
picking up wilted half frozen daisies
off snow capped tombstones
left from some scorched lover
the winter before
Secured in your heated car
sucking thumb fetus like
your driver whispers a lullaby
the jaws of life is stained she sings
in your bleeding Van Gogh ear
and you sleep with this lie masticating
the driver's words instead of the jaws
saving supplication
you masticate on the vision of life suffering on her knees
begging for your Buddhist Zen erect praises
it taps on your windows
asking if you want salvation
while you,
secure in your heated womb
write poetry of a condemned death
polishing those headstones
carving your stubborn sentence
not to accept unconditional love
So,
Masticate This!
and be the soil for next spring's daisies
and watch as your Face diminishes
into the sunset
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