you sit on the couch
with me
tonight
new woman.

have you seen the
animal-eater
documentaries?

they show death.

and now I wonder
which animal of
us will eat the
other first
physically and
last
spiritually?

we consume animals
and then one of us
consumes the other,
my love.

meanwhile
I’d prefer you go
first the first way.

since if past performance
charts mean anything
I’ll surely go
first the last
way.

Bukowski