tasting

do you want to learn how to dine with me? what i want when you offer your red mouth

a proper feast needs sense, set, & setting meals are not snacks they’re for savoring

make time and places pray before your God white cloths, gloves, trays full of silvers

begin as always: dim lamps, kiss the chef thank the waiter for deferring her hunger

a tasting takes time i need you to try it lift up glass cloches attune to the scents

soak crumbs in sauce suck juice from flesh pull the pin in your watch—let go of time