police say it was staged

She handed me a box.

It's wrapped in clear plastic. A pink lotus blossom and the typical Asian luck charm are printed on the front.

Now, a thin, gold taste in my mouth. I can taste the starch. It is papery-sweet. I had Arabic coffee this morning and I couldn't think of an exact opposite of the hard liquid, but I know.

Botan Rice Candy.

As wolves cry

Rice particles

Dissolve

They make thin sheets of the mass

that collect at the bottom

of cola-cans

Tin and sweet

Grains nourish, amber tint, like a shot of

Shot a

Shot a lion in the head

Glued to my teeth.

Ingredients: Glucose, Syrup (Corn Starch, Water), Sweet Rice, Water, Lemon Flavor, FD & C RED NO 40 (Allura RED AC)