M. M. PORTER
If the world was a meal,
& let’s face it,
it is one
of those all-night dinners
where the party really gets going with a bang
of fondue fountains
& of course
there’s sparkling cider,
if the world was a meal,
then {fireflies}
would be a delicate sauce,
an aside,
but go without them
& the meat of the lake becomes dull.
&, Yes, we would consume it.
But, No, we wouldn’t
delight in the devouring,
we wouldn’t wish to continue.
M. M. Porter is attending Ohio University to pursue her PhD in English with an emphasis in Poetry. She is a graduate of the MFA poetry program at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro where she served as a poetry editor fo The Greensboro Review. She has been published or has poems forthcoming in Epiphany, The Shore, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Originally from Michigan, you can find her work at mm-porter.com.
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