Category: food/cooking
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Rush Hour on Garner’s Ferry Road
Rush hour traffic driving east to west siren and blue lights race west to east pull over and let them pass Two blocks further another siren and blue lights race west to east pull over and let them pass At the bottom of the hill screaming blue lights perform a Starsky and Hutch fishtail race…
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Al’s Monday Morning Recipe
Pour: 1 cup of whole milk into a blender Add: 1 scope of collagen, 1 tablespoon Moringa, 1 scoop of whey, 1 teaspoon of Super Greens and 6 frozen strawberries Blend with an attitude of prayer and reflection place in your favorite glass, drink slowly breathe deep and clean up your mess 11-25-19
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The Jabbering of a California Ground Squirrel’ or ‘Saving Devin from himself’
Fearing every shadow that drifts over grass fearing the blue sky above a green canopy he jabbers that talons hide in silence and that every bird could be a raptor As a red hawk feasts on his brothers, he believes his salvation lies in blood sacrifice to an apparition that waits in a barren tree…
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a moody Monday morning meditation
Lie in bed luxuriate in folding rhythms of rain on roof Feel the ache of bleacher buns from a youth soccer weekend And try to decide if hospitals and hotels use the same chef For hospital food and free hotel breakfasts to remove the flavor and goodness 11-18-19
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a sunny, chilly afternoon
Feta cheese, tuna, guacamole, a few walnuts and dishes cleaned. I have time for a chilly two mile stroll and to read a bit more listen poetry and music tonight Life in the slow lane often is scenic Wait for me, if you get there before I do; I am not late only few minutes…
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The quietude of wet
3 am, dishes washed clothes in dryer butter in coffee come sit and watch night from my porch smell the wet of moldy leaves damp soil and warm coffee the frost of autumn comes late in the South and that’s okay light rain drips – sparkles in trees asphalt can’t suppress crushed stone’s glisten only…
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Waiting
in the dusk before dawn fog halos street lights water drips from trees two students wait on corner for the school bus to come I wait for a friend to stop by for coffee rain waits for no one 10-29-19
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Holiday haints
Last night, you dreamed you were set adrift in a yeasty haze of a bakery isle Nutmeg, peppermint, vanilla chocolate, cardamon and cinnamon Your diet demands loyalty you averted your eyes and walked on In the dairy section you grabbed butter, cottage cheese and yogurt Standing in the checkout line, you felt guilty that somehow…
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