Comfort Food
Today
I need quiche
Lardons - cheese - I need fats - my body needs them
craves the deepening that comes with it
This is a comfort thing
A coming on of winter thing
But its a cyclical thing as well - I taste the ozone and it is snow-filled - the fireplaces are puffing pinon and there are Christmases going up all over
And I need an armor against it
One that a walk in the woods will not fix
That singing Beyonce on repeat will not fix
Today in my class a student began to cry while talking about codified hate and on CNN they literally asked if Jews were people and I want to start fires
But I will quiche
Not because I am running
Because I need the fats - cheese - lardons
I crave the deepening that will surely come as the tart rises and bakes - as the custard forms itself around the bits of bacon - I need the baking
Someone said that the codified hate would metastasize and congeal
The fats of it would become a solid in our system
And I am already tired of feeling this way and I know that everyone is tired of feeling this way and that generations of people are tired of feeling this way
I watch the sky for signs of storm
My car isn't ready - I'm not ready - no one is ready
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