it's kind of late

at first I resisted taking
her recipe for squirrel stew,
thinking when am I ever going
to make such a dish, but
then she said that you can
substitute possum, or road
kill, raccoon and deer meat.
so, I said why not, and read
through the hand written
smudged paper. you have to
slow cook it, she said, slow
real slow, baby, you can't
rush this recipe and don't
over season this dish,
too much salt will kill
the flavor, lots of them
squirrels are pretty salty
anyway. so i made a note
of that at the bottom of
the paper to go easy on
the salt. I have some squirrels
now wrapped and skinned
in my fridge if you want
to come on over for a
cocktail on the front porch
swing. it's kind of late,
I said, but hey, rain check?