Katauta Invertida
by Ralph-Michael Chiaia / 2005



Is this real? The kitchen is reeking of garlic.
Does the kitchen reek of garlic? I am in panic.
Does an eyeless squid yank me into numb eternity?
She wears a gown.
Does she sit on a million eyed spider?
      Yes, and pull to dumb eternity. It is real.
      Does she really wear a gown?
Of course her teeth are overcrowded.
      Is she beautiful?
Really, the eyeless squid has its sticky tentacles on
      My shoulders, legs, and face - simultaneously.
How does the squid achieve this?
I open the fridge and stare at the condiments in their sexy bottles to assure myself it's all real
Do you have to understand how it is all held together to function on this earth?
    It functions in both mono- and poly-chronic time.