some people eat alone sitting on curbs looking down in parking lots wondering where their fortunes went. some people eat lemon bars in bed on white sheets maybe naked. some people eat cheese and apples before they cut their throats. supposedly. some people eat mexican wedding cookies almost every day and when they don’t they feel a bit melancholy and grey. some people eat mustard on crackers. some people eat lavender blooms.

does one have to swallow to be considered to have eaten something? because if not, some people eat mouthfuls of lover’s hair, mouthfuls of yellow hair dry and choking and delicious. some people eat their lovers insides and swallow them too. some people eat their lover’s tongues and their words simultaneously. some people eat candle wax. some people eat cannabis leaves. some people eat grapes. some people eat three bananas a day to ward off potassium head aches. some people eat meat. some people don’t eat meat any more.

some people eat the scenery. some people eat their infatuations. some people eat the cake and some people eat the ice cream. some people eat the opium poppies. some people eat the various pharms. some people eat the wafer before sipping the wine.

some people lick hipbones. some people kiss freckles. some people gnaw chins. some people bite thighs. some people lap blood. some people suck on ice. some people savor shoulders. some people taste collarbones, desirous of nothing but more.