Good-Cooking Kitchen

Oh double shovel of

love your laugh splashy

desirable and that hooky-

making convincibility of mine--

we’re the perfect pair.

Though comfort offers us

jeweled cylinders of juice

the calendar notes no

change for our domestic

mutterings, darling. Let’s be

content to be contrary,

take ourselves with pepper

in smallish bites, cautious

teeth. Oh the weekly

box! Here abounds missed

astringent, your little caper

ears studded with salt.

Come on, the brine

is fine so pass

the wine and honey

shine insouciant do!



[Poem from Down Spooky. Title from Ben Bagocius.]