Friday, April 30, 2021

big shrimp

i get into a conversation
with the fish
man at the grocery store.
he used to be stocking frozen
peas the week
before, but now he's behind
the fish counter,
weighing flounder and scallops
in his bloody white smock.
may i suggest the wild shrimp,
he says. on sale.
from the gulf. they are extraordinarily
large this year.
i think there was a uranium
spill up river.
okay, i tell him. give me a
pound. does the glow go away
once you cook them.
of course he says, i'd say
steam them, but pan fry is
fine too.
do you have an air fryer?

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