“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