truth will prevail
winter interludegarden glories and pot-herbsexotic spices here for evermix roast auberginewith steamed tomatoesin the kitchen of creation;potatoes unpeeled, spotted as dominoessizzle in oil;knead dough,flour like a galaxyin the glow of the skylight;skewer bananas, glaze with fragrantsyrup, amber as prehistory
do it all on a shoestringwhile scented with frangipanicooking up worlds is alwaysbetter than cooking up lies
what a pleasurable interlude
ReplyDeleteSounds absolutely lovely – if someone else will cook it for me! I'd sooner play with the words; they're the only thing I have the patience for. But you can invite me to dinner at your place any time. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Efi, Rosemary, cooking up words is less messy than the real thing! Have written another draft of this as you can see, hope it retains the flavour of the first.
ReplyDeleteit has flava :)
ReplyDeleteYum!
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