Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

Sandwich

a discomfort so comfy
and familiar
between this earth and sky
when you and I point fingers
at each other
and blame the venom on
the snake or the apple
then we bite into our sorrows
unaware of the magical filling
slipping out to the ground

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Prompt: base a poem on an eponym, that is, a word that comes from a person’s name. Examples: sandwich, diesel, guillotine, cardigan, leotard, bloomer, martinet, mesmerize, silhouette, shrapnel, draconian, etc.