Alice in Love
I began to doubt my one true love.
In the meantime, time kept meanly
serving all the meals on a cleft plate.
So suddenly I forgot the names of all those gathered,
except yours.
You stuck in my diphthong, you dirty Mathematician,
you cubist Beautician.
Bathe me in your clubfoot tub.
I am forever stupid for your country.
Cherie Caswell Dost lives in Chicago.