Razor back clams
she put the veggie
oil and olive oil
together in a bowl
and put cayenne and
dried peppers in the oil
where she had
crushed 10 cloves of garlic
heating the oil to extract the flavors
she let it cook
for 6 minutes
cooling over night
for lunch the next
day she would be entertaining
more than 55 people
for rehearsal
of the orchestra
razor clams
and nutria
and lsenga
would be the stars of
the table
chef Monday would
cook to the delight of these people
who needed to fine tune
there act.
Stuffed Nutria
the hindparts stuffed with
crayfish and sausage
a dry Alsatian pinot blanc
to accompany the parmesan and
lemon and pine nut combo
that coupled with crayfish and sausage
I asked my wife what was the best way to
cook a Muskrat and I told
her done. I aint got nothing against the thang
I just wanna do it with people I will likely need there
opio and loyalty to me and I to them
like this opera player
due to there need to
focus and fine tune to be absolute professionals.
the Fox 41 has never lefted us abandoned.
furred Spanish moss
feathered tendrils in a bathtub
women’s manes trailing
trembling in swirls
love in a Slidell swamp
four-legged fluffs
scurrying after marshmallows
masks and clawed infant fingers
“fist bump?
they’ll tear your fingers clean off.”
swirling lazy river
no nobuled heads of muddy gray
no blinking sleepy winter eyes
missing ‘gaters in the Mississippi
bow hovering
stern swimming
five measly feet of polluted drainage
and a shallow skiff
piloted by a riverman with a motor
a beard of stories:
nutria rats taste better than frog legs
and swamp folk watch LSU football
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