Grasshopper

If you were a fish this sinus infection
Would swim away
As you shot that carbon dioxide
Out of your gills with pride
And the water would glow
Breath after breath
If I could undo my flesh so you could wear it just once
I’d kill the butcher and steal his fine cutlery

Only mother is there
The white hues in her hair
Say that she’s done this before
Fostered to her sick child
Day in and day out
She lays her smile upon his pout
For it’s all he needs
As his sleep proceeds