“Cornfed”

acrylic on wood

9x8

Cheryl Flewharty

$265

Ode to Corn on the Cob

how i wish i could become you

pulled from

a pot of boiling water or

a chunk of aluminum foil roasting over red coals

butter smeared down my body in long gestures

pepper adorning my sides

hot sauce dripping between my cornets

teeth ripping into me in unspoken ecstasy

while gripped tightly in each hand

how i wish i could become you

at once being needed

and wanted.

– William Wright Harris