Tag Archive | cooking

Recipes from Disaster: A Post-Apocalyptic Cookbook (a poem)


Saber-toothed media prickling tender skin under the arm, a young girl loses confidence in the importance of her innocence Brandish an electric toothbrush Taste the leftover pesto between the interstices of your teeth When ready to floss garnish the landscape of your dreams with hints of radical truths. Reserve excessive nudity and lack of reserve; […]

Eve’s Spare Rib: A New Year’s Feast (a poem)


Resolution Resolve Evolve Even Eve has ribs. Constricted Restricted Roasting roots have yearnings too. Allow images to appear without hindering Duty blocking structure, habit, tradition, moral imperative My acorn is growing hull cracking ribs roots stretching obstinate habits to breaking point Unhappiness so durably built Hard mortar, structurally sound archeologists of the future could chip […]