Old, Not-So-Secret Recipe

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. - Thoreau

don't kiss my drooling lips

lick my arid soul

don't hug my bones

clinch darkness along with light

then i'll know you love me

when emotions have no choice

and wrong becomes right

i'll know it's real

when wanting fingers tear open a stubborn seal

as thankful souls pray and kneel

as weary, praying hands cut cards and deal

and electricity once again flows from a dead eel

give me nothing and everything

help my blind eyes to see

put knitting needles through my dark mind and empty head

unstitched emotions bold

make me feel something, anything

deal, even from the bottom of the deck if you must, just don't fold

quickly, before an already bent over day gets too tired and old

Author's Note

"If you look over a list of medicinal recipes in vogue in the last century, how foolish and useless they are seen to be! And yet we use equally absurd ones with faith today." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

Interesting and enjoyable
The eel reference is a real winner (should go up on the WC display board)
Thoreau's comment is quite on the mark
A friend sent me a list of old time commercials which displayed the absolutely ridiculous claims being made in them thar olden days

[Pete]

thanks dave and by the by, i have something for you that will grow hair, reduce your weight and gut, cook for you and keep your bed warm at night while always smelling great and oh - it will keep water out of your basement seal leaks on your roof too ... :)

[Dave Brown]

how does it do with lottery tickets

[Pete]

it will throw them in the trash for you when you're done scratching so that you don't even have to get up ... :)