Brian Isett
the unpaid debts I owe
(Grid poem)
the burrito
fell apart
as my mother took
her second bite
the aluminum foil
entirely and carefully removed
I only saw her pride
beaming
above a pile of
rice and beans
like a visit to
my new life
and I almost wept
realizing mothers
from Pennsylvania
don't know how to
eat burritos
and here I was,
forgetting
to show her
Bio
Brian Isett lives in Northern California and is finishing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley.