Monday, June 5, 2023

Bite by Susan Isla Tepper

A man ate a worm

squeezing out 

the last drop of tequila 

his mouth craved.

Foreshadowing

all that came

out of a craving 

floating in perpetual crisis

The next and the next

‘til the dilemma over

who would eat flesh

in the name of some 

irretractable 

god

A form that remains illegible:

too soft to make

the bite worthwhile.





Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty years published writer in all genres. Her current project is an Off-Broadway Play on the subject of art and life.

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