Banana Custard

When you mince up
your words and
squash them into
biteable bits and
post them to me,
the baby, one
by
one
on a big spoon
— opens wide —
I am furious and will
one day
spit them
out
all over
your
tight
face
and tell you
I cannot
swallow them
all
at
once.

Jane Odlin