Enlightenment from Hunger by Jack Crawford

Animalia, Arthropoda
Insecta, Siphonaptera
Pulicidae, Xenopsylla
Xenopsylla

from Khufu’s horizon
see them bounce across the sky
fourteen eggs in thirteen beds

suck blood
from the host
feed the tape worm
fuck that
one’s infected
burn, baby, burn
suck blood
from the host
feed the tapeworm
FUCK THAT
one’s infected
burn, baby, burn

got a few prodigies in the bag
sleeping on the flesh of a twenty-first dynasty fox

force-feed Arab Jew
some surströmming
force-feed through her veins
stroke her long, long, golden hair

have you ever let a banana ripen for too long
and let it go black and soft?

have you ever dreamed of killing yourself?

• Adelaide
• Alternative
• i don't know
• Adelaide