mmmmdcclxv

I shall not fall

at the feet of a foot-
long sandwich, even
as hungry as I now
am. Even as I have

picked specifically
each pre-flavored
meat and slightly
overaged hip con

diment. I have
asked for the 

softest, whitest 

roll within which 

this cluster of flavor 

shall soon be smashed.
I shall have patience, 

for I see now the 

order I built with
my very own choice
words from the mind-
numbing, stomach-

churning profusion
of options and watched
a person wrapped in
cellophane stack

each item exactly in
the order that I had
uttered, each one

mouthed signified

each of the items

in the order they

were given to the

bread that, com

bined together are

now being profession

ally spatula’d from 

an oven that has 

heated this work

of art into a warm,

slightly crusty and

tanned exterior.

and this tailor-

made delicacy 

will be a thou

sand times

more satisfying,

more nourishing
and delicious, in
essence it will

be superior in
every way, to
this tall, thin
layer-cake

that I have,
for patience’s
sake, for the
sake of hunger,

concocted
while waiting
for the pure
poetry that

is this scrump
tious sandwich
I shall now sink
my teeth into.