
between the surgical scars
nestled in the palmist’s map of divination
a cherry awaits placement among molars
there to be flex-pressed until she bursts
and cascades her flavor over a nimble tongue
that teams w/teeth to strip her stone of meat
the stone placed like a tongue-set jewel
and pluck’d by scarred-hand fingers
while the meat is sent for processing
to become an essential part
of a poet