Where have you been all my life?
Decades of
Sweet cornbread and chili
Egg noodles, beef tips, mushrooms.
Flings of pasta
Every shape and size
Every sauce
Daily devotions
Of my beloved tubers
Only a Gamgee would understand
All meant nothing
The moment I had you
My dear, sweet sticky rice.
The way you hold
A dab of sauce,
Sauteed cabbage, pickled carrots, cucumber.
Best Friends Forever
-Melissa Donley