The Ugly Bones

She hated this part:

Cleaning up the left-overs

Ripping the meat off

Trying not to get the fat

Leaving no morsel behind.

She licked her fingers

Staring at her reflection

Staring back at her

From the large kitchen window;

Finished, she turned off the light.

Caren E. Salas

Robert Lee Brewer's Wednesday prompt this week: Take the title of a book, change one word and make that the title of your poem. I choose "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold, and changed it to "The Ugly Bones." Without getting creepy or morbid, I wrote this...

Photo: http://www.sloopin.com/2010/07/chicken-bone-problem.html