conversations resurrected and slaughtered and fed in small cups to open mouths
we sat in the frozen goods section
at a wholesale store
and shaved the braille
from our skin
to communicate our indifference to open refrigeration
with the tile
and the orthopedic shoe bottoms
of club footed shoppers
eventually leaving
once we proved we were no longer capable of feeling
to an audience seeking the warmth of processed food
being reheated in a counter top oven