then heaped potato salad, sticky
flecked with chive, balsamic
vinegar sliding down my chin
next I found some Spanish omelette
cooling on the sill
and bit right through
its simple cross-section
onion, potato, onion
soft as kissing
I ate the chocolate
strong and dark and hidden
meant for some future cake
but saved three squares for you
now I'm clutching
a heel of bread
your thumbprint in it
in everything
May 2003
