enjoy this writing from Christine Stoddard
in the free 6" x 9" 2017 PDF file chapbook: The Eating Game
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
And You Never Saw Her Eat
Christine Stoddard
She admired the thinness of ghosts,
their enviable two dimensions
and their ability to evaporate
like stars vanishing in the fog.
If only she were as flat as a flounder
or a piece of blank parchment
sleeping on a neglected desk,
not even a splatter of ink to
puff it up by a millimeter.
She did not cook her vegetables
or even entertain the
mere thought of bread.
But you only ever heard her state
these rules and habits,
her daily meals as invisible