Editor’s Note: Enjoy another gem from the MOTW Poet Laureate, Ian McLeod. If you have not yet purchased his poetry or prose, then you are missing out. Seriously, his novels in the “Darwinverse” series are fantastic, and his poetry is also wonderful. Do yourself a favor and get them now.
Writing
I ate a slice of
a pineapple grenade.
It broke my teeth
and cut my throat
and shredded my insides
and then I ate another,
and another still
until all was left
was smokeless powder
and fuse.
I chased it down
with nitroglycerin
then
jumped for joy
on a trampoline.
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