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do you know that you can make
marshmallows?

from scratch with ingredients
in the cabinets.

i thought they were supernatural
or maybe manufactured

hold out you hands, i'm going
to mix them in your palms,

i want you sticky & syrup,
you can make marshmallows, you can

make them like cupcakes 
or apple sauce, open your mouth

i want to count your marshmallows
i mean teeth, you have 

to be careful or you'll grow
marshmallows all from 

your gums: gelatin, sugar,
corn syrup, sugar, cold water.

what if we're already marshmallow?
let's mix inside your mouth,

open, lift me in. the swell
of a hot marshmallow, your tongue

gone white with worry. i promise
this is all temporary, nothing

marshmallow lasts very long.
there's the microwave to make 

swell of that. your teeth will
dissolve, yes, but they will be

sweet. they will be homemade 
& your will know every single 

speck of sugar inside. let's 
count them, i'll line them 

up on your taste bugs: pink
stippling. a farm. doesn't everyone 

want to use their mouth 
as a bowl full of hot? a bowl

full of fingers & teeth?
one big huge marshmallow all

stuck under my fingernails.
that's you. that's loving someone 

all day all night all mixing.
a campfire on your palette.

a marshmallow, just one 
between us, swelling huge.