A B$ amuses. her body tastes. her body & A B$. A B$. slip of A B$ body thing. opens, you taste A B$ on your hands or face. her face opens & closes. A B$ takes one bite. she disappears. you think what was that & then forget. you think more to come & then forget. A B$ forgets. her body never forgets. A B$ forgets she has a body. tells body to burn up. be an offering. be devastated. A B$ is empty of devouring. then full, then empty. lick spoon. lick your fingers. turn away. A B$ needs. [you break against that] A B$ wants to please. A B$ has an ordinary devotion. you wipe your fingers of her. [ash against nothing] you put your fingers in her mouth. she won’t speak. you put yourself in her throat. she won’t make a sound. A B$ takes more than you want to give. she folds up tender, useless heart. A B$ betrays herself.  A B$ swallows everything you are.

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This piece is part of a book length project that looks at attachment theory and programming using the conceit of BASIC programming language as a backbone to the text, and BASIC is totally cool again b/c 80s and Stranger Things, so poet as prophet motif a la Notleyesque at work too.