Fred Aiken Writing

there’s a brand logo that i’m unfamiliar with,
that looks like a tiger attacking a bear,
or maybe the other way around, i dunno,
but i’m not sure what the logo is trying to convey,
though it makes me feel as if the sharp, wild teeth of the two animals
will at any moment rip my flesh to pieces,
my body an abstract viscera ripped asunder, limber and awkward mush
splayed every which way,
for wild animals to make a meal of, though i don’t think i would
taste all that well,
but that might just be my low self-esteem talking,
rather than the meaning of the logo