Inside a Lump of Swiss Cheese
Inside a lump of swiss cheese
in Larry’s fridge
there is a hole
a finger-sized hole
that leads to the other side of things
it leads to a place
where he is no longer meek but sexual
no longer shy but powerful
where he rides a harley
and wears leather pants
where women and men alike
beg for his home number
a place where he becomes
more superhero than anything
but Larry is mostly bored at night
and whittles away at the block of cheese
while watching meaningless tv
and thinking he should take time to vacuum
and as he slices
the hole grows more finite
and just before midnight
as he nods to the typewriter sounds of the people’s court
the hole is eaten away into nothingness
and he’ll never again know the feel
of the other side of things
J. A. Tyler lives in Colorado and has published recently in Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, Underground Voices, and Feathertale. He is also founding editor of Mud Luscious. Check out more at www.aboutjatyler.com.