don't plunge the sushi knife

into your wrists

they don't bleed sriracha

your life is worth a thousand

plates of masa toro and caviar

your first wasabi pea breath

sauteed the entire world's exhale

please don't burn my tongue just yet

i've been praying for a samurai

to save you because my sword

is chipping

what's a bite of ma po tofu

without the sting of sichuan

first?