my mother always told me that

i was allergic to every kind of nut

so i never ate a snickers or a

walnut whip and was afraid of

people who did but while i was

a member of a cult that baked

organic bread i ate a pecan nut

that was destined for a religious

flapjack and felt fine, no tingling,

no swollen lips or dark, treacle

like bowel movements so did i

spend my childhood hidden from

dangerous kernels for nothing?