Le Jennifer/Miscommunication

In the mind’s chamber, Le Jennifer
Sees a shape that is not unlike her hand.
Or is that really her hand? This berry is poison,
She assumes, for it is red and as large as a grotesque
Teardrop and hangs from a branch (an agitated gnome
Testicle, she thinks, laughing) and because she does not know
What kind of berry it is, the taste must be bitter.
It might even be deadly.

Le Jennifer uses her hand to feed herself. This is a human
Activity. This is how humans feed themselves. Be careful,
Le Jennifer, for your breath may stop as quickly
As a car starts. A roar burrows horizontally through the skinny
Trees. Birds scatter like birds. What’s the use of metaphor?

What is the use of making life seem real?
My hand may pick the poison, a berry from a tree.
Her last thought is of a dashing bitterness
Across the tongue. To describe the bitterness,
Le Jennifer must incorporate a sense other than taste.
How does the bitterness smell, for example: like a crustaceous silence.

In the mind’s chamber, Le Jennifer sees a vapor
That is not unlike the poet’s hand, reaching for a berry from the tree.
She has made a terrible mistake.