Tonight's Poet Corner: Burger Stack

Burger Stack
by Belinda Roddie

burger stack
rack of lamb
ham and cheese
please, on rye

buy a coke
broke for shit
hit the spot
hot dog ketchuped

get up for sauce
gloss the pork chop
lop the meat off
got grease dripping
slipping down T-shirts
hurts on the tongue
lungs heave for more
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