Tuesday, December 29, 2020

               

                                      The Art of Taste


              One should approach

              My sister's cake with

              Gourmet reverence -

             With the euphoric

              Expectation of an epicure,

            The mindful Meditiveness

             Of yogis and zenists -

            With the dark spiced slice

             Before one, redolent

            Of liqueurs and brandy

            Soaked body of fruits. 

           ( Tasting like the sweet dark    

            Sin we used to feel in those

            Delightful days of decadence,)

            La fin de siecle.


           The Shaivists say ,

            That in the mindful implosion

            Of tasting, the infinite

            Can be revealed -

            Well here I sit,eating, tasting

           And dissolving in my sisters

           Divine Xmas cake!