ileum
ovenbird
We
enter
the
train
through
its
anal
sphincter.
Everyone
acts
like
this
is
normal
,
this
metal
maw
that
unclenches
enough
to
allow
passage
into
the
intestinal interior.
Blue
light
illuminates
the
smooth
colonic
walls
.
Tinted
windows
allow
only
a
hazy
view
of
the
world
outside
and
I
don’t
know
how
I
’ll
recognize
my
stop
.
I
sit
on
a
long
bench
upholstered
in
cerulean
velvet
and
let
myself
travel
to
an
unknown
destination
where
I
will
step
from
the
platform
of
an
untasting
tongue
and
move
,
saliva
soaked
and
half
digested,
into
whatever
body
will
receive
me
next
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from