Onlookers Wincing

" Onlookers Wincing "

by Suzán Jiván, Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

Onlookers wincing
merging tradition
willing to commit

like a stipend,
" Was that the spine?"
dragging the knife

snipped at the table
once an estate
normally cultivated

densely populated
cited acres
as worksheets for labor

time's a wastin'
secreted away
field to plate...