Isk isk isk isk rattle that whisk
My mom says use the hand mixer
Isk isk isk isk isk isk isk isk
But I stiffen my peaks by hand.
Eggwhites, four is a good number
To beat eggwhites in isks of eight,
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
To unfold the proteins of thought
Is six, find two more, bowl and whisk
To make meringues less intrusive:
Whisk count isk four isk isk to eight
To bury eight custardy fears.
Isk repeat return to eight isk
To hold, to eat, to own, to weep…
Isk isk isk isk isk isk isk isk
The meringue weeps. It always weeps.
Nathan Dennis is a playwright and poet of Floridian extraction. He is the Vintner-in-Chief of Wine Cellar Press, a poetry press dedicated to free and formal verse in equal measure. He is a graduate of NYU Tisch Department of Dramatic Writing. His work has appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic, The Cabinet of Heed, Neologism Review, Crepe & Penn, Rat’s Ass Review, and Unscooped Bagel. His most recent play, Circle of Shit, was produced at Dixon Place in March, 2019.
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