he stubbed his toes on shit day-in an day-out

                                                his daughters laughed at himwhy were they laughing they were fullblown women with families of their own  hed have thought this would have occurred to them but it just occurred to him they laughed when he told them Every day I learn how little I know

todays trip on an invisible crack in the pavement regarded garum a fermented fish-base condiment ubiquitous thats a dandy word in Roman Empire thats a lot of places  

quickly garum led to umami  English words   he knew one language  apparently he was lousy at it

he dropped them on his mother-in-law 

                                       who was Japanese  who once owned a deli 

in her broken English she said she knewquickly asserting that umami was Japanese  she learned of it in Japan as a girl before learning English

stubbed his toes

                 he may have broken them 

garum fish sauce  stinky he really liked it but only knew it as fish sauce someone could have enlightened him

                                                                                                                             he wouldnt suffer a foolhed correct them if they wanted to remain a fool then that was up to them

umami meant savoriness

                             one of five basic tastes 

basic tastes

             he had to stop to think that through  DUH he never bothered to list them just enjoyed them without a thought

        kinda like when in an orgy you didnt learn the participants namesthe links of the daisychain  you were savoring themHMM   they were umami 

basic tastes

he had to think

sweet

sour

salty

bitter

umami  savoriness

when he delved into umami kinda like the punk kid who moves into the neighbourhood anyer trying to decide whether to pick on em or defend em

                  since he was the eldest of seven hed defend em but he liked thinking he had a choice delving in he discovered it had six subtexts

tongue-coating sensation

balanced taste

salivation

          the salvation of salivation

mouth fulness

long-lasting complexity

all this might have mattered when he was younger

his taste buds were blasted now

                                  they functioned like the lousy rabbiteared antenna on top his grandmothers blackanwhite television set   No.   No.  Oopsalmost.   There.  No. Almost.  ThereNo. ThereDon’t move. Don't move, hold it right there. Don’t move.

                                 Grandma I wont be able to watch the program

That's alright, it’s Lawrence Welk, music, just listen.

that Halloween he went out trickantreating dressed in school clothes holding rabbitears in his hands his candy bag hanging from his wrist   What are you supposed to be?

Im an idiot

his taste buds were blasted now

canned dogfood was delicious

                               lipsmacking good   just wear reallydark sunglass

Hell

      Umami sounds like wet dogfood

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