Note: American chemist Roy J. Plunkett accidentally discovered the non-stick polymer, Teflon, on April 6, 1938, which ended up revolutionizing cookware. The .38 Special was the standard revolver for law enforcement from the 1920’s until 1990.
THIRTY-EIGHT
you hurl words
at me like bullets
from a .38 special,
but I am unmoved.
they bounce off
like grease splatter
on hot teflon.
it hurts more
than I let on
but no matter,
I stand on
the truth that
I am loved and
worth loving:
this my flak
jacket. not
impervious but
it's something.