Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Word marinade


He took the word
& left it overnight
in a marinade. Soy,
grated ginger, a
thin-sliced bird’s-eye
chili that he’d picked
from the garden just
that morning. Made

no difference to the
meaning, to the re-
sonations; but, oh
boy, did the kitchen
stink & produce a
steady flow of words.

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