# 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

## poem details

- [color](https://chromato.graphics/colors): [Syrah](https://www.pantone.com/na/en-us/color-finder/19-1535-tcx)
- felt: 2026-01-01
- wrote: 2026-03-07
- posted: 2026-11-12
- [tags](https://chromato.graphics/tags): [#control](https://chromato.graphics/tags/control)  [#food](https://chromato.graphics/tags/food)  [#glass](https://chromato.graphics/tags/glass)  [#hunger](https://chromato.graphics/tags/hunger)  [#intimacy](https://chromato.graphics/tags/intimacy)  [#kisses](https://chromato.graphics/tags/kisses)  [#lights](https://chromato.graphics/tags/lights)  [#love](https://chromato.graphics/tags/love)  [#mouths](https://chromato.graphics/tags/mouths)  [#pleasure](https://chromato.graphics/tags/pleasure)  [#red](https://chromato.graphics/tags/red)  [#religion](https://chromato.graphics/tags/religion)  [#restaurants](https://chromato.graphics/tags/restaurants)  [#ritual](https://chromato.graphics/tags/ritual)  [#scent](https://chromato.graphics/tags/scent)  [#sex](https://chromato.graphics/tags/sex)  [#silver](https://chromato.graphics/tags/silver)  [#time](https://chromato.graphics/tags/time)  [#watches](https://chromato.graphics/tags/watches)  [#white](https://chromato.graphics/tags/white)  [#💛](https://chromato.graphics/tags/%F0%9F%92%9B)