seventy-nine dollar raviolis

i was in

New York once

at 

DeNiro's restaurant

down

the street from the trade center,

Tribeca,

when i ordered

raviolis.

three raviolis

arrived

on a giant plate,

there

was parsley around it too,

thus

i understood the price.

i hardly had

room for the forty-five

dollar piece of cheese cake,

thinly sliced.