I make sure to netti pot
before “consulting the oracle”
as I call it. The truth is chanting
but not to be abused—medicine
remains a remedy. I’m pretty
vain, but who wants to eat waffles
in front of a mirror? Some people
can chew steel and come to work
the next morning. I lift my teeth
to Peggy Bundy, smoking turkey
dinner, though TV isn’t a sitcom
anymore and leaving a family is why
I don’t try.
