When you make // bountiful & indefatigable by Frank G. Karioris

There is life, now,
with banana bread.
Even
though outside it seems that
all one can
see are spaces broken,
&
inside, again,
we see people losing, themselves.
With those now gone,
mixing with
those who refuse to go away,
& the tune of Benny Goodman
hammering on over speckled speakers
whose eyes have seen god
in people’s shared
hands,
their eyes now made full
by acts of togetherness
driven against those
who push us towards cliff edges.
When you make
the sweet dough,
its breadyness soon to fill
the slightly dented tin,
the first thing to do
is to smash the banana in the batter,
making sure to pick the brownest one;
& then watch as
it rises & changes into
something unmatchable.
Some people
add nuts
in their recipe,
I prefer mine without, to keep
that texture that allows you to simply forget
anything other than to breath & enjoy.
Frank G. Karioris (he/they/him/them) is a writer and educator based in San Francisco whose writing addresses issues of friendship, masculinity, and gender. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Pittsburgh Poetry Journal, Collective Unrest, Maudlin House, Sooth Swarm Journal, and Crêpe & Penn amongst others. They are a regular contributor to Headline Poetry & Press.
Twitter: @FrankGKarioris