By Josh Graham
you let me nibble on your leafy cabbage earlobes as you stirred and teased the stock bringing it to simmer we had a voluptuous stainless steel pot brimming with a rainbow of vegetables infused with savory chicken broth i whispered in your cauliflower ear let’s dive into the pot and swim simmering together in the boiling brew “why not?” you replied and proceeded to make pot after pot of delicious chicken soup chopping rutabagas, celery, carrots, and garlic in massive quantities we delivered every crock from stove top to bathroom emptying the contents into the giant porcelain bowl that was our bathtub when it cooled enough we climbed in armed with soup spoons instead of scrub brushes we took our savory swim carrots and various veggies bobbed edible rubber ducks we sipped and slurped with delight and daring two fools soaking in a hot mess roasted garlic floated between the dumplings of your breasts you wiped the celery stalk hair from your brow to reveal your eyes rich potent bouillon cubes their density and flavor consolidated and unmatched
Josh Graham is a communications major who will graduate in the spring of 2013 from Bemidji State University.
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Beautiful!
Sensuously delicious poem!
Beautiful poem! Very original and I could almost taste it.