the cooks i have known

i remember my old

girlfriends by what they used

to cook or bake.

Isabella was a master chef

in the kitchen,

beef or lamb,

roasted in her Viking

Stove,

then there was Lucy,

she was more of a pasta

girl. lasagna and meat balls,

fettucine alfredo.

then there was Mary,

who made 

three dozen cookies

and it wasn't even a holiday.

each a different shape,

some iced,

some crunchy, some

powdered and soft,

all wrapped with a red ribbon

on a big white plate.

Donna was an expert

at baking German Chocolate

cakes,

and Lisa knew how to make

French toast,

with bacon and eggs.

of course there was the vegan

girl,

carrots and lettuce,

nuts and berries,

rabbit food.

that's how i lost the weight,

but least i forget Betty,

well,

she was good at heating

things up

in and out of the kitchen.

pizza slices in the microwave

was her specialty.

boy do i miss her when

the hour grows late.