Rita Mookerjee- Brewer's Choice

Wherein the Kardashian Sisters Marvel at Their Bounty, Reach Enlightenment

It’s all here, past the most beautiful door 

I have ever seen. It’s all here, and I wore silk 

to sleep and woke up refreshed. It’s all here, 

but I have one question: do you think we baby 

the men in our lives? We hand feed them. They’re

not these evil people like you see in the movies.

Are they good for us? Are they real? It’s all here. 

It’s like a new start. If you care that much, you

 can get out of that fetal position, and remember 

who you are. You are Lady Godiva. You are wearing 

chaps. You made a phenomenon of shaking salads. It

is just spectacular. It’s all here, I’ve never felt better, 

but do you want a chocolate-covered gummy bear? 

Do you want a cleanse? Do you need a painkiller or 

a new car or a second marriage? It’s all here, but you 

can ask for more. You can always ask for more.

Rita Mookerjee is an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University. She is the winner of the 2023 Steel Toe Books Poetry Award for Banana Heart and the author of False Offering (JackLeg Press). A co-founder of Honey Literary, she serves as vice president of the Board of Directors at Sundress Publications and a poetry editor at Split Lip Magazine. Her poems can be found in American Poetry Review, CALYX, Copper Nickel, Poet Lore, and the Offing.