Food Radio

By Jessy Randall

After the sun died, the plants died, and then
the animals died. We ate out of cans and drank bottled water
and listened to Food Radio all day and all night long:

Chocolate cake, says the announcer. With a molten center,
slightly bitter, texture of hot pudding. Ice cream
for some, whipped cream for others. Feeling of
the tines of your fork against your teeth, then
your head going down for another bite.
 

About the Author
Jessy Randall is the Curator of Special Collections at Colorado College. Her poems have appeared in Antietam Review, Mudfish, and Painted Bride Quarterly, and the 2River View has published an online, illustrated collection of her work, Dorothy Surrenders, at http://www.2river.org. Her chapbook, Slumber Party at the Aquarium, is forthcoming from Unicorn Press -- for more information, go to http://www.pieriansprings.net/promos.html.

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