The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Still Life by Kimberly Ann Priest

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Content warning for pedophilia

my pedophile produces a cinematic frame

if it is pornographic // there is the soft spread of butter on toast / the few crumbs that suck salt from its yellow-white solid / thick with table knife scraping the center into furrows / yellow running onto white plate showing through deep cuts // and if she is nude the eggs are undercooked / soft round bulb of yellow shaped bright bulb / fork impressions on transparent shield / the full runny width of white plate // and if there is sex it is embryo / salt / slices of toast // but if it is breakfast / it is me // the whole white surface / bright and bulbing / undercooked / tight as egg // how much he loves salt / to lick it from the surface / butter rolled over his tongue // the way he sets the knife at the edge of the plate after preening yellow yolk from its teeth and never talks about porn or nudity or sex yet I feel photographed // a film played across a makeshift screen / white sheet / clothespins / the cheap re-enactment of something he eats // the eggs / the toast / the butter of me spread over its surface

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