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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