legumes

 sometimes 

being human

means we open up 

to complete strangers 

an innocent bystander 

helping bag your groceries

because they just can’t stand 

to see a gal cry

and the beans spill

tumbling by the thousands 

burying you

from the inside out 

feeling as though if you don’t stop

oversharing

you might explode 

but being too addicted 

to the possibility of relief 

to stop 

sometimes you go to Foodland for Cheetos 

and leave behind the legumes that haunt you