“Smiling Vegetable Song” by Bernie DeVille

Your narrative unfolds, a morning yellow squash flower
of possibility rampantly at play in the brutal biology of the now.
The important questions go unasked.
What species did you displace?
What ecosystem did you rape?
What are your natural weapons and why does the
survivor sight of you dripping your venom
mixed with the juices of the vanquished
stir me so powerfully?
Your words aren’t concerned with the truth.
Sign, signifier, and succulence baked
into the same violent casserole.

-Bernie DeVille

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