Long Hollandaise Poems

she wanted to impress those in attendance
seemed the proper thing to do seeming
most of the folk were their to either
endorse her new
restaurant.
she wanted something special for the chefs special
but didn't want to spend the time...

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Just a little tyke
When on the hearth~strike
Then blaze

Warmth flowed throughout like
Happiness 'pon trike
Young days

When you were godlike
I'd feel dreamlike
A phase

Let me paraphrase
It's not hollandaise
Just dreams

Down by waterways
Where God I could praise
Fish teem 

As 'pon stream...

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I, a salty scarecrow, roam the shoreline
          The moon melts soft like butter on the reach
          ...

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In the eighteenth century, it made its first scene.
This is one of five main sauces in haute cuisine.
Culinary experts give credit to France,
although it may have come from the Netherlands by chance.

Just take some clarified...

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3 Tablespoons of crown royal
1/2 t of nutmeg
5 Tablespoons of parmesan (grated)
2 Tablespoon of Tarragon
2 T of chive
1 teaspoon of cayenne
salt to taste ( about 1 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
2 T of parsley
4 Tablespoons...

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Like an omelette I am cheesy and I tell some hammy jokes
When I flip it to the punchline I don't always land the yolks

I scramble at the thought of keeping it farm fresh
Cracking under pressure...

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1 cups of crabmeat
1 cup of pureed shrimp
2 cups of minced goeduck snouts
1 cup of minced catfish
4 cups of mushrooms (chopped fine)
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1/2 cup of lemon juice
6 T of chopped dill
3 tablespoons of...

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The egg; a standing ovation in a shell
A fluid protected in its thin infinity
The unborn child of a chicken
A fragile innocence in gooey liquid
Never to grow up and out of it 
That does not travel well

When...

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1.

Assist beyond capacity
Doing everything from
Golden heights, illuminating
Junipers, kites, lamps...
Many never obey private quests.
 
2.

Quilted into our own narrative,
Undulating like inflatable pool toys in the water, 
Echoes in our minds the reasons for looking back in...

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Just one egg left so what should I do
how should I devour you
Eat it raw with Tabasco sauce
chopped in a salad freshly toss
Fry it but how over-easy is fun
sunny side up but don't want it...

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I want a freshly baked kaiser roll 
Sliced in two with nice lean roast beef
Laid between so I can call it sandwich
Swiss cheese, tomato, Vidalia onion
(Sliced not chopped) with a dab of mayo
And horseradish sauce...

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2 cups of grounded goeduck clam snouts( cooked, steamed) 
1 cup of crab meat (claw)
3/4 cup of catfish grounded (steamed)
1 cup of whipping cream
1 cup of chicken stock
1 cup of mushrooms chopped fine
3/4 cup of...

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No alarms, lying deep.
Catching the last morning's dream.
Water, caliente, opening the pores.

Hot Earl Grey, coffee that bends a spoon.
Citric hollandaise, spinach, asparagus.
A sunshine of egg drooling over toast.
A book, a bed, eyelids flickering.

The inconceivable call...

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Our old fashioned kitchen ways,
way before the modern malaise,
those family favourite, radio days,
Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Ray,
Martha Reeves and Marvin Gaye,
those sentimental songs they played.

Our old fashioned kitchen ways,
without plastic meals from trays,
those salad days...

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"CIGARETTE IN THE SHADOW"

Humpty fell off the wall. 
those around him laughed, 
cried and became hungry 
for his misery. 
the wolves will cry sheep 
as they dance in the rain 
with the worst cold they've...

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