A Knife, If Eaten

A vintage-style collage featuring blackout poetry on etiquette. The piece includes images of butterflies, a couple, fashion illustrations, and celestial objects surrounding partially redacted text about dining manners. Visible phrases include "always be spread," "You should be able to," and "To attack... with as little ferocity as possible." Gauzy textures overlay some blacked-out sections


by Iysis

A KNIFE, IF EATEN

ETIQUETTE

CHEESE

If eaten

a knife

one may break

should

always be spread

a modern must

CLAM CHOWDER—THICK SOUPS

You should be able to

by taking about one third of the spoon

into the mouth and doing what really amounts

CONDIMENTS

The thought of smearing

with a knife

already impaled

is quite unpleasant if more than a small amount is

taken.

either eat it

or impale

CORN ON THE COB

To attack

with as little ferocity as possible

a series of ferociously snatching, teeth-bared bites that can be heard

as well as seen, to say nothing

fragments sprinkled on chin and cheek

horrible to the sight

to bear in mind

pleasant-to-taste but

not-very-easy-to-manage

It

doesn’t matter whether you break

or whether you hold

it by its own ends or by silver handles.

avoid

too

all at once

Cutting

the sharpness of the knife.

supply small sharp

to those who like to cut