Tenderness and rot
share a border.
and rot is an
aggressive neighbor
whose iridescence
keeps creeping over.

No lessons
can be drawn
from this however.

One is not
two countries.
One is not meat
corrupting.

It is important
to stay sweet
and loving.

Kay Ryan, “Tenderness and Rot,” Poetry, 2002

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