Tagged: spice

we can easily

we can easily
rely on one another’s
comfort food to make

it through, borrowing spices
whose names we need not pronounce
.
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this must be the place,

this must be the place,
said one creature to the other,
the aroma of

apples and spice cooked over low
heat escaping into the yard
.
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you never forget

you never forget
your first
cardamom moment –
a sweet
accompaniment
.
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there are scrolls to

there are scrolls to
each of the world’s
regions tucked into
our kitchen drawer –
we unfurl them, two
or five at a time
over bowl, pan,
or pot, tasting
the mysteries
.
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we find spices where

we find spices where
we may not always expect them –
home, and home again
.
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hosting requires a

hosting requires a
different set of
ingredients
every time,
but in the middle
of stirring, always
add a teaspoon
of mom’s secret
ingredient:
the spice of making
people feel at home
.
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let us be only

let us be only
one spice
away from
what makes us
different, or perhaps
two or three
spices away,
enough to tempt
our tastebuds
.
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somewhere between this

somewhere between this
universe and the next one
over, a new spice
.
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perhaps words are our

perhaps words are our
very first
spices, nestled
on our tongues
like lost and
found
treasures, waiting
to stir
one another’s
pots of
thoughts and
lived experiences,
make little
explosions,
calm unnerved
nerves
.
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in both hands, my

in both hands, my
fingertips are still
tingling from cutting
into last night’s
cherry bomb
peppers, so sweet
and delicious a
memory
to meditate on
in child’s pose
.
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