nine inch fry pan

you read an expose
on cheaply
made pots
and pans
that are coming
out of
pakistan
via black market
traders
in uruguay.
the toxic fumes
will kill
parakeets
in their cage,
making them
fall in mid
whistle
and dull the minds
of other pets
and the aged
as they sit
without an open
window
in their homes
all day.
thus the phone call
to your mother
questioning
the label
on her
nine inch fry pan.