Wednesday, November 9, 2022

creamed beef on toast and other delicacies

i'm not saying
i'm a good cook,

but i can handle
the basics

with a frying pan
and a stick

of butter.
a shaker of salt.

i might do well
at Denny's,

or I hop,
or in the chow line

on the front lines
for the army.

soldiers will eat 
anything.

but i have to tell you
she

was the worst
cook ever.

i chipped my tooth
on her scrambled eggs,

cut my
tongue on a hard

shell. her specialty
was creamed.

beef on toast.
i was afraid to ask.

the only thing she was
really good at,

was cutting open
an avocado,

but leaving me to get
the seed out.


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