three couples
three Jews and three Gentiles
pass around open boxes
sliding pie-cut pieces
onto paper plates
and with greedy fingers
pop pepperoni and suck
cheese through oily lips
which religion teaches guilt
most effectively? I ask
nuns rabbis clergy
of every kind are spun
into six cases propped by
evidence and presented
to the chewing jury
and whether the guilty pleasure
called pizza is on that list
isn’t clear from all those
glazed eyes and groans
but at our ages
it’s not that hard to guess
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