Or feet? Because, you know, meter. Are there correspondences with other “professions?” Scientist with formulas; construction worker, her nails?
I know this to be true firsthand with cooks. My fingers attract stone fruit (especially mangos, plums & pluots), salmon, shellfish, pears, beets, fennel, and fresh herbs. And a particular woman,
with/without her apron.
Aprons as they once were
ReplyDeleteToo bad there is nothing as warm
as her kitchen, digressing in heat
it could be a singular soup spoon
or the tangle of emblems on her sleeve
the insistence of a newly devout whistle
over and over and over again
a kettle rocking with abandon
a cutting board without limits
some fairly starched fishbones
in a consomme of lust
you'd think it odd if she weren't there
after hanging laundry on the line
you'd wonder if she went to get the mail
or went away again
you'd see a note and be afraid to read it
lipstick on the napkin by the door
a smudge on the bathroom mirror
the air should smell of peaches
but all the trees are bare
and the steam off the laundry
rose at least an hour ago