How modest and shy my new Mrs.
She blushes beet-red at my krs.
She hasn’t the heart
to sneeze, burp or fart,
and denies that she poops and she prs.!
Afternoon on a Pill
With apologies to Edna St. Vincent Millay
I will have the thinnest bod
Under the sun!
I will flip a dozen pancakes
And not eat one.
I will look at bread and rolls
With hungry eyes,
Watch the baker knead his dough,
And the dough rise.
And when the pangs begin to growl
Up from below,
I will dine on chitosan
And H2O!
Catherine Chandler is an American/Canadian poet, teacher, and translator. She is the author of Lines of Flight, This Sweet Order, and Glad and Sorry Seasons. Her poetry blog, The Wonderful Boat, is online at www.cathychandler.blogspot.com.