Category Archives: Food

Fat Sonnet

Posted on August 19, 2016 by sputterpub

With swollen legs and burning heart and every cell athirst, with flesh as tight as drumskin and a roughened tongue accursed from all the salts and fats and sweets that nearly made me burst, I pen this song of pig-and-bloat, … Continue reading →

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Masque

Posted on August 11, 2016 by sputterpub

The seasoned salts of ancient history included superstitions in their trade. Encountering the buxom manatee, they chanty-named the animal “mermaid.” Were they by saline spray and fog so blind, or by long voyaging did they forget? They saw the attitude … Continue reading →

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The Carburetor

Posted on July 27, 2016 by sputterpub

My BFF is eccentric. Actually, that’s putting it mildly. She’s high-functioning or they would have locked her up long ago. She describes herself as a 5½ year old adult. Mel maintains that she was forced to become a grownup during … Continue reading →

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Cherry

Posted on July 15, 2016 by sputterpub

Two travelers rest upon a shaded seat ingesting cherries purchased where they grow, that grew too perfect to delay to eat: cascades of flavor so intense they know no other sense. They pause to gaze at one: a globe of … Continue reading →

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Inventory

Posted on June 21, 2016 by sputterpub

I found myself as desolate as straw when I put up the latest poem today. Bereft I felt, as if there were a law proscribing empty pages. I’ve a way to reinvigorate my mouth and hand, so I can fill … Continue reading →

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Two-Thirds of a Box of Matzo

Posted on April 19, 2016 by sputterpub

I cut the sugar out 9 months ago. It wasn’t tough. As if I’d had enough, I stopped the nightly treats. And I can’t crow about my will – I didn’t want sweet stuff. I lost 5 pounds, and then … Continue reading →

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Transmutation

Posted on December 28, 2015 by sputterpub

The mill stone turns and grinds to powder grain the meadows wore a harvest month ago. The cloud condenses drops to send us rain our reservoirs collect and then let flow. There comes a winter-boding Saturday when I combine the … Continue reading →

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Baker

Posted on July 16, 2015 by sputterpub

Within the leaf, the gas and water take their measure of the vigor of the sun to spark a sweet reaction, as they make the basic sustenance for everyone. The chemistry is almost that profound when I mix flour, milled … Continue reading →

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The Alchemist

Posted on October 11, 2013 by sputterpub

Inside each leaf, the gas and water take up power from the vigor of the sun to spark a sweet reaction, as they make the basic sustenance for everyone. The chemistry is almost that profound when I mix flour, milled … Continue reading →

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Breakfast

Posted on August 3, 2013 by sputterpub

The skin is firmly smooth against my touch, the color flushed in orange red or rose. There’s no aroma I detect as such until the flavor’s cut to court my nose. The surface first resists incisive teeth – I’m hungry, … Continue reading →

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