The Poetry of
Michael G. Khmelnitsky

as you watch
a lot of the young guys
eat the chips

they love their doritos
and they lick their fingers
with great glee

and when they reach the bottom
of the bag  they pour the little
broken pieces in their mouths

because they don't want to lose
that taste of the flavor and
the broken chips at the bottom


women  I think
would love to do the same
but they don't

they don't like to
crunch too loudly
in public

and they don't lick
their fingers generously
and they don't like

to pour the little
broken pieces and
the flavor in their mouths