pot roast 101

i sign up for a pot roast class

at the local

community college.

tuesday evenings,

seven to ten.

bring apron and hat,

a sharp carving knife.

and neosporin

the syllabus reads.

how to season,

to cook a pot roast for eight.

the use of garlic

and string.

portions and heat.

in the past, it was writing workshops,

or three hour

lectures on Shakespeare,

or Carl Jung. i would take

ten sessions

of modern literature,

or contemporary poetry.

a semester of the beat writers.

but now

it's pot roast.

it's come to that.