Demeter Takes Her Daughter to School
this morning
sugar flecks my skin
in the car
she smiles
dried milk on the seat
powder cereal
I plucked my eyebrows
to open my eyes
she pulls away
cinnamon under my nose
on the pavement
a dried banana peel
I plucked my eyes
smashing
black loafers
past the newspaper stand
a maraschino cherry
moist pitted