Johnny Eponymous

Blood Sugar

KingKid walked

And the story goes:

                  Too many hours triptumbled since he’d last ate

                  And LessKid was annoying

                  And banging around the bedroom

Mom&Dad needed to know

Not like when KingKid was drumming

On LessKids helmet or braces

Kitchen held the table

and Mom&Dad sat there

                  mailpapers spread like onion skins

Mom&Dad

                  I need food

KingKid demands in a voice like DadMom

Dinner’s soon

                  MomDad said

Now

                  KingKid blunted

DadMom threw a NatureValley

                  KingKid caught it

                  (you’ll never see LessKid manage that)

He’s annoying

                  KingKid said with understood subject

KingKid opened the bar with teeth yunching

Let ‘em alone

                  DadMom said standing

                  And off to the living room

KingKid calmed

                  Munchcrunch on the first bar bite

Johnny Eponymous (clearly a penname) is a writer, editor, and curator from Boulder Creek, California.