Staff meal

In the restaurant

where I cut my teeth

we did what was called

a staff or family meal

before dinner service

someone would make a large salad

and we would take turns making the meal

usually pasta or something else inexpensive

it was that way

when I got there

and when

I became the chef

I carried on the tradition

at that point

when I was working

16 hours a day

it would often be

my only meal

the rest of the time

I sustained myself

of mugs of espresso

cigarettes

and adrenaline

Reviews

[roarke]

one meal can be a "staff of life"... as a musician, it was always good when the club or restaurant let the musicians eat a house salad, stale bread and maybe a little broth soup. Those were the real/traditional/family owned establishments, the music was always performed better under those conditions. Without many descriptors, you've managed to deftly convey a whole world and the life in it. Well done T.

[terry smith]

Thank you roarke

[John the Baptist]

Don't think I could have cut it. Would have had to sustain myself on merlot.