Form and Function

It Must Be Time For Lunch Now, 1979, by Francesca Woodman

Forks, spoons, knives

These are just tools,

Forms to accomplish some

Function,

Such as the delivery of food to

The body.

Chopsticks, fingers

Would also suit

The purpose.

The beauty 
of the form lies 
in its ability to perform

The task.

Does the fork’s metal catch the light

To bake the perfect print?

Do the chopsticks hold the hair

In a delicious bun atop the head?

Is the finger the correct length and diameter

For a dependable and silent purge?

Is the knife sharp enough to slice away the pain

Without killing the host?

submitted for The Mag, Mag 137 

and Poetry Jam, Love and Hate