Tuesday, July 15, 2025

chicken and dumplings

she tempts
me over the phone with chicken and dumplings.
she describes
them
as soft potato clouds
of flour
and gravy
that melt in your mouth,
by fork or spoon,
the chicken
falling like feathers
off the bone.
she hears the pounding of my
heart over
the phone,
my heavy breathing.
she knows me oh so well.
i'm doomed.

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