Poem, Food

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Standing Starched
November 4, 2024

waiting for the pressure cooker to cool off
when I might otherwise be sleeping
tells a story not of starting somehow sooner
but of potatoes which, seven hours later
still resist the dulcet tones sung low
of reality’s own fabric softener

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