submission to ________ 

is eating a jar of peanut butter 

without a glass of water. 

is freedom those breaths 

between bites that enable

the jar of peanut butter's final victory. 

there are too many jars

of peanut butter on this aisle,

all filled with the same thing. 

do I have to buy them all. 

If I want peanut butter,

I absolutely must.