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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
over-aged 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 after watch

ing a person wrapped 

in cellophane stack

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

I mouthed signified

each of the ingred

ients, 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, perfect

ly 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 awaiting
the pure poetry
that is this

scrumptious 

sandwich I shall 

now sink my teeth 

so deeply into.