OVER EASY 

by Jacky Bullock  

I smell like blood, sweat, and cigarettes 

Suppose they remind me I’m still breathing 

Capable of inhaling, overheating  That the

heart in my chest is still beating  And if

I were to put a knife into it  It would burst

open,  

Run yellow like the yolk of an egg  Leak

out my cavity, down both my legs 

Sizzle when it hits the asphalt  

I bet now no one notices the cigarettes