Strip

  To perform a spell of expulsion

  I would begin peeling an onion,

  prettily placing each skin apart

  like glaucoma-ed coronas

  or abalone shards.

  Stolen story; please report.

  Then, sugaring the pot,

  I would cry tears,

  96 or more,

  into any jug or gourd

  until it was just as full as not,

  keep it in some dry, hiding place

  and in the evaporating time

  I would place an onion layer, one

  each on my eyes

  then shuffle the rest,

  read them like a deck

  and play solitaire.

  - Kat Isacson

  Peeling onions make some people cry. Apparently, I do this instead...?

  Thanks for reading!

  +kat