salt statues

always imagined that time
would freeze for me
like a pet refrigerator
at my beck and call
i thought i
had control of the electricity
supply



the future seemed like a
pale macaron
details unseen but correct
it would be cherry-pie perfect
the chocolate pianos
in the shop window
but



i hadn't counted on
the salt and pepper shaker
storms. or the
wasabi
or the food poisoning
the salt statues
may include me



but you are off
somewhere else
eating eclairs