What is desire But the hard wire argument given To the mind's unstoppable mouth. Inside the braincase, it's I Want that fills every blank. And then the hand Reaches for the pleasure The plastic snake offers. Someone says, Yes, It will all be fine in some future soon. Definitely. I've conjured a body In the chair before me. Be yourself, I tell it. Here memory makes you Unchangeable: that shirt, those summer pants. That beautiful face. That tragic beautiful mind. That mind's ravenous mouth That told you, This isn't poison At all but just what the machine needs. And then, The mouth closes on its hunger. The heart stops. Definitely by MaryJo Bang Photos by snjezanaj