Dena Rash Guzman

Trash Can

I’m mean and lean,

sullen cream cheese

cake on the counter. I baked. . I’m hot. I’m sweet.

I’m the wrong thing to do. That doesn’t stop you.

now pose for me

kitchen floor legs wide pants down

photograph your secret in the curve 

of the trash can I have too

Of course, I do.

This is the thing, this is the thing,

this thing is a thing I do. 

I do as I’m told to do.