Poems from the 12-Hour Sonnet Contest: Baloney, Matt Stefon
Matt Stefon is the author of the poetry collection Beyond the Spaghettiville Bridge, from Alien Buddha Press. He lives in New England.
Baloney
It doesn’t match up—I know it doesn’t
match up to the expectation that you
had when I came home last night back
from the store with a bag that wasn’t
exactly full of any of the things
you had by then already come to expect
after countless market trips before—on
which I’d spoiled you—like a spoiled king,
but which contained the substance of the
meal
I, over-work weary, then made you, and
left out to cool and then, asleep, left out
all night. And spoiled. So now, to break
the fast,
fresh cold cuts served with love on a bread
plate.
You can even eat this plate. That is great.
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