cooking together

when you cooked together
you never stabbed
one another in the neck
with a potato peeler,
but came close.
there was much eye rolling
when the other person wasn't
looking,
and saying things
like. I think that's enough
salt.
or please, no more butter.
I think we've
already put in a half
cup of olive oil. did you stir
this. could you please
get out of the way,
it's your turn to peel the shrimp.
are we even following the recipe or
winging it now?
there was a lot of ordering
in those days. and thankfully
Hunan West
was a mere ten minutes
away.