!!!

"everything on the menu"
thank! you!
yes!
i say 
bring me!! plate
by plate
because i'm american! 
i'm thinking! of the diner!
in my hometown! 
everyone! has a diner
hometown! 
a clatter! of white
heavy plates:
faces to pile!
with egg! ooze!! 
toast triangles 
square packets! of grape jelly!! 
see it all piled!! 
around me
a booth seat!
tear! in the red! cushion
the window! with guests 
peering in!
i'm not!! eating! any of it
just need to watch!
index! finger! pointing!
count every single!
egg to make sure! none
are missing!
yellow chicken! souls!
scrapple! 
bacon! 
ham!!
don't eat meat!!
just watch! asking 
each to turn! back 
into an animal!!
pigs! standing on the table!!
ordering more!!! coffee
bottomless! coffee!
pouring from! a cup!
in the ceiling!
need take out boxes!!!
take everything home!
!but not! before gazing!!
glisten! hash!brown!
crackle spam!!
pucker! pancake!!
melt!!!
-ing!! butter!
eye eating!
praising!
just! me!
all just me!
fork! in! mouth!
all mine!!!