VI. Industry: Veggie Cheese
A dry evening sliced like a paper cut,
fitted with modified cornstarch and soy protein.
A pale mouth of aspartame sprinkles.
My mouth twitches, engorged.
A yellow industrial aftertaste
sieved through the cracks between my teeth.
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Siel Ju writes 17 blocks from the beach in Santa Monica, Calif. Her poems and stories have been published in Gargoyle, ZYZZYVA, Hobart, How2, So to Speak, The Mad Hatters’ Review, Shampoo, and other journals. She just received her Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. While trying to figure out what to do with said degree, Siel blogs at greenlagirl.com.
