I've decided to make a new chapbook about children and their food. Because I've realized I have so many poems about just that. And here's one.

Children Having Trouble With Meat

        they're not sure?
              the fork    makes an
  interesting clang when they bang it
            on the rim of the plate

          in the center
               there's something?

it makes no noise when they hit
    it with their fork
         not even a grunt

          although when they hold their ear
                              very close
to its burning smell

                 there is a wet
                          hiss