Jalapeno Joys

Jalapeno Joys

No more jalapeno peppers

with fire-filled molecules!

My malformed mouth purses,

kissed with blisters.

Nausea bubbles my gullet,

sirens warn of overindulgence,

incinerators burn within

salsa drenched intestines

“No more for me!”

I cry in agony

© Catherine Knee