Sunday, November 4, 2012

Imagination Soup


For all my fellow-sufferers who are participating in National Novel Writing Month, I offer this recipe.




                  Imagination Soup

Start with two cloves of garlic
and a medium red pepper.
Cut with pinking shears and
sprinkle with tiny snail shells.




Add two eggs, whole—shells and all— 
and open a can of beets—what?
You were going to add the beets?
No, throw away the beets and add the can.
Stir.




And then it gets interesting.
Add a live peacock
and maybe an embroidered couch pillow,
something comfy and familiar,
and the shadows of seven hummingbirds, 
bobbing at the feeder.




A sunset is traditional,
but you might prefer the taste of a foggy creek bank, 
picked fresh from an October morning-- 
with a doe lapping the water.
Simmer slowly over low heat.




You’ll need some talking goldfish, of course, 
at least one, maybe two,
and a bit of shagbark hickory for texture 
and five or six episodes of Perry Mason 
on VHS in black and white.




Then your choice: two of the lesser known moons of Jupiter
or a sinister Hungarian with an alligator attache 
and a serpent tattoo. 
In the steam above the pot, a story should begin to form.
Just season to taste
and stir, stir, stir.

       --Patty Kyrlach

4 comments:

  1. Wow-that sounds like it will be an amazing story :)

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  2. Love the "Shadow of seven hummingbirds bobbing at the feeder..." Blessings on you as you keep the world at bay this month to work on Quen Po. That's quite a soup you're preparing (peacocks and all!)

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  3. Love Perry Mason - but NaNo - um no - not this November! Glad you made it through though!!!

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  4. Haha this made me laugh! Well done!

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