tasty vs stinky

if the (un)father(ing) flew
a pulpy, creamy poem
to feather they were not
a man, what then would

i eat for dessert?

being care-
ful of the spikes —
and mind-
ful of the blast radius —

a durian

released by my small hands,
to share between my friends.
frozen, blended custard; topped
with darkness (chocolate) crackling.

//

Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)

nor
for you wishing (boulomai)
to be unnoticed (lanthanein) by others
(is it) similarly (homoios)
powerful (dunatos)

οὔτε σοὶ βουλομένῳ τοὺς ἄλλους λανθάνειν ὁμοίως δυνατόν

feet