A Distress Dish Of Blue Cheese And An Old Dill

Blue Cheese and Old Pickles Poetry Contest Craig Cornish A dish of disappointment mocks the kitchen chef two anomalies sitting on his cutting board all in their glory, dumbfounded ... and unappetizing plated for aliens and not humans or for a horse that doesn’t know better this recipe’s giving him the blues and he’s seeing red where … his yellow brick road has two strangers today two lost food groups arriving earlier in hearses a funeral procession mythically carrying the deceased to his kitchen foyer … some blue cheese and an old dill that are down for an undressing of his bitter words like, fudge, where’s the beef … or better yet Mars is up there as a cloud of despair hovers over the kitchen not a spaceship as one might think darkness begetting light salt, pepper and garnishes spooked … a ready barf bag crashes this meal