Bullfighter
(a poem of delicious pain)
Ghost sauce, Brussels sprouts
and leftover kale salad
traffic on the expressway
sings traffic songs
all my life I’ve loved
to walk down dark alleys.
Second verse, red wine
and water make the fire worse
better just feel it
a cherry burst
because superhots
ripple the electric spine.
Final phrase, it looks
like blood on a paper towel
soon the cool night
on your neck.
Read Lucas’s essay on his hot sauce obsession, “Superhot.”
Lucas Hunt is a poet, auctioneer, literary agent, publisher and chili head. His next book of poetry, IOWA, comes out on Thanksgiving. www.lucashunt.com
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