Tagged: kitchen

making apple sauce

for a southerner,

for a southerner,
not many words ring more soundly
than catfish nuggets

coming from the vicinity
of mama’s magical kitchen
.
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dad searches for mom’s

dad searches for mom’s
cooking in every city
where she doesn’t have

a kitchen, comes home famished
as if no one tried to feed him
.
20220918:2054
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when sugar plums show

when sugar plums show
up in mama’s kitchen, we
fire up the oven,

readying ourselves for a
treat, sweet morsels for long days
.
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listening to old

listening to old
taiwanese songs in mom’s kitchen,
reaching towards an

old ache, real and imagined,
melancholy in our bones
.
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harvesting the grape

harvesting the grape
tomatoes before the last
autumn rain – a glimpse

into a future of waiting,
telling fortunes in the kitchen
.
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thai chili peppers

thai chili peppers
from our garden onto the
kitchen counter, just

waiting for time to help them
change into their red leather coats
.
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more often than not,

more often than not,
we experiment with our
kitchen discards – one

out of three, okay, maybe
five, is not too, too shabby
.
20201030:1530
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blue tongues, blue lips, blue

we should thank god for