the best meal ever

the best meal i ever had

was

when i solved the puzzle

of that

love gone wrong.

i felt better about where

things were

going,

or not going.

call it surrender, call it

what you will.

but i was done.

i had no more to give.

enough, my body said.

suddenly i was famished.

i remember boiling the water

and dropping

fettucine into the pot.

tossing sausage in

a pan.

heating up the sauce.

i remember garlic bread,

toasted, a salad,

and red wine.

i remember it as being

the best meal of my life.

i'd never been so hungry,

so weathered and starving,

and i'm almost

there again. once more,

i'm done.