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Bare Minimum

haiku poetry
seventeen syllables poem
now i am finished

Copyright © Justin Walcott | Year Posted 2022



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The Vase

Four pieces
Three shards fit together, the other
Gone
Useless urn
Helpless as tears
Drain through, blood
Flows out
Without
Stop
But then
Blood clots
Miracle!
Torrent to river to trickle until
The hole holds
Souls full, but
The vase remains
Forever broken
Never whole
Or full
again

Copyright © Justin Walcott | Year Posted 2023

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Scalloped

Enamel finger-smeared thick with butter
Yellow onions, yellow butter, floured and browned
Just add cream
From roux to dream
Now spice to glue that hold my world together

The team assembles for its tasty mission
Cheddar, gouda, mozz and more
Thick sheets of ham
Tubers sliced translucent
Layered, latticed, clothed in white bliss
Sealed deep into my black Dutch Oven

Four hundred twenty-five degrees, twice boiling
Every five minutes, I keep checking
Time warps
seconds are hours
Only half done, removing the covering

Top comes off, melting marbarella muck
Gilded golden gruyere
Splattering over spuds
Swirling cheese seas
Miasmic fragrant fromage tauntingly teased air

Beep! Beep! Beep! It's done!
Don't waste a moment
Too hot to taste
Bubbling lava lake
Slowly crusting cheesy skin emerging from the oven

Finally, the soup solidified, gooey cultured cream
Ready for the fork and spoon
Potatoes caked
Ham baked
Reality as gastro-goodness manifested dream

Onto my plate, my fork, my palette, my bliss

Copyright © Justin Walcott | Year Posted 2022

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Poor Justification For a New Seating Chart

new seat arrangement
focus on final exams
we will all get A's

Copyright © Justin Walcott | Year Posted 2022

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Morning, Dec 8

cinnamon rolls, hot
gooey goodness when it's cold
belly full of warm

Copyright © Justin Walcott | Year Posted 2022




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