hot soup

I call up my friend
Martha Stewart
and ask her for a fall
meal tip.
she's in the middle of
chopping celery, but stops
to take my call.
she says, ahhh,
a meal tip for autumn,
well, let's see.
it's a good day
for a hot bowl
of soup.
you have water, right?
an onion,
potatoes. salt and pepper.
a pot
to boil things in?
a nice wooden chopping board?
yes. I tell her.
I have all of that.
what about an apron?
umm, nope.
well you should have one.
I never cook without
an apron
and neither should you.
so let's not cook tonight.
maybe you should just
order Chinese instead,
okay?
okay.