chew on a nail
chew on a screw
maybe you'll find out
if chewing's for you

if you are the rupture
in somebody's vein
the wine glass boldly soaring
over a red carpet stain

the sperm and the whale
the chicken and egg
the moon and the vampire
on someone's sweet neck

the first zipper failure
on a girl's fifteen pounds of shame
the winner and loser
of every nonzero-sum game