HeartLines

A Sacred Heart University Student-Run Literary Magazine

“Rotisserie Chicken” – By Kristen Giebler

A long hard day after work 
All you wanted was a warm meal

Something easy
I hope that you can digest

Selfish, narcissistic fool
he did not let you rest
A fossil you found
Hollowed out on the stove

Nothing to pick at
It was his to behoove
Bones so exposed
You can see all the striations

Mother couldn't believe her eyes

The raging sensation
Yet I feel guilty
I know it is picked from the breast

The rosemary skin
White meat is the best
I was too young to understand
I fear you won't forgive me
If it were up to me now,
I give you my kidney


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