#some stranger

Of knife against board of shale, black

White skin parted in concentric lines

White skin parted by concocted rhymes

Pungent fumes and tears arise

In the auras of thin thin lies

But turmeric and bay leaves are there

Hiding the musk with their smells in the air

I thought that to bring two people together as one

You had to first separate the rest

Chop the carrot, mince the garlic, julienne the onion

And don’t forget to slice the water cress

In the parring of vegetables I find my heart

Also broken and vulnerable and leaking it’s fluid

Into the rivets of the cutting board

I’d stop it if I could

@finreypoe ‘a large red egg’