Packaged in nice wrapping
I wait patiently,
soon I am free of my binds,
enfolded within the hot mouth,
giving release from anxiety, stress
or maybe
just shear pleasure in the act of
working jaw muscles
to the beat of a tempo
that is a beating heart
Once my flavor is gone,
I continue moving
from one side to the other,
traveling with the help
of a tongue that seems
to be searching for something,
all at once I’m spit out
I fall to the ground in a tight ball
curled within myself,
as the air stirs around me,
I feel a stiffness to my form,
reduced to nothing
but a polluting evilness
Just when all seemed lost
I hitch a ride
on the bottom
of a size eleven Hush Puppy
to obtain my final goal in life,
to become a gum shoe