
In my bowl there are twenty
shark-toothed vegetarians
Each with a surprise
for their vegan friends
Oh shit, there’s more vegetarians
in my bowl, eating
glass, popping
them in their mouths like olives
at a dinner party
where the most interesting conversation
is silence
each bite tears at their tongues
but they manage to keep
their mouths closed.
Jonathan Pessant is a Maine poet.