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Tonight I outdid even myself
cooking has become my salvation
that Zen which allows me
to love myself
and share that love
with others

The Menu
[everything is of course]
[made from the raw ingredients]
[i take no shortcuts in my adoration]

to begin

cream infused and battered eggplant quarters
bathed in a red wine marinara salsa


for the main course

smoked mozzarella
draped over chicken parmesan
served over a bed of
fresh linguine
bearing a cabernet red sauce
and porcini mushrooms

the wine

a 1978 rothchild cabernet
i stumbled across two bottles
in a the most unlikely of stores
down here
and picked them up for a steal
one i used in the sauce
[and of course in my belly]
[while i cooked it]

the other i served and
it was divine

for dessert
well
i am afraid that
no one was left
upon the conscious plane
after dinner

glazed eyes
staring out to sea
in unbroken silence
for
a seeming eternity

peace