"Heat on High for Five Minutes, Remove Cover, Stir"
by
Mathew C. Easterwood
the game flicks to
a man kissing an attractive woman on a beach in
a commercial for microwavable dinners.
clearly,
maltodextrin + hydrogenated soybean oil + artificial coloring +
20 other chemical additives + high concentrations of sodium +
6-week-old frozen beef =
making out with hot women on beaches
flick
55-year-old-looking-73-year-old man—
gleaming teeth, hair, face reflect falsehoods—
his matter-of-fact-but-I-really-do-care voice tells us what
the owners of the company that owns the company that owns the company that owns
the microwavable dinner company
want us to hear
flick
bodies of men and women and girls and boys in Baghdad—
bloody, bludgeoned, breathless
flick
black