Fat by Rebecca Farivar

I didn’t drink
the sour milk

and still I’m sick.
It’s a reflection

of my character.
I understand

why an insect
would eat

its own viscera
why a rodent

would swallow
its young.

From: http://www.jellyfishmagazine.org/8.0/farivar.html

Date: 2013

By: Rebecca Farivar (19??- )

Tags: 2013, fat, i didn't drink, poetry, rebecca farivar