to make something out of nothing
how hard was tha his Mom constantly
threw things togetherAlchemy his father wasnt far behind the frig door opened cans in the cupboard
clanged
Tha’ll work. Lemme see. she looked Ohyeah, tha’ll work.
DINNER his father whistled from
the backdoor he had five minutes to make
it homehands washed dried or he wouldnt be seated at the kitchen table his mothers mother gave it to them a huge oak table with leaves to seat a dozen it sat their seven comfortably
WOW they knocked it out of the park
where was everything from where
was the meat from
SUSPICION
he listened to the outofdoors
noises drifting in through the kitchen window above the sink where later hed be
washing drying putting away pots and pans dishes utensils silverware
it sounded like all the neighbours
dogs were still there
CATS
if he heard it cat it ought not be
stalking about
This
is delicious
Wha is it
It’s food. end of discussion as Because I say was the end of discussion
wha the hell it was tasty
he
could care less wha it was
those kinds of dinners incentivised
him to keep his head on a swivel keep moving
his father always said It’s hard to hit a moving target.
he survived Korea
1719, Saturday,
15 4. 23
