11/25
Sonnets From Other Lives: Bret & Britt

--The recipe calls for six ounces of wine,
but it isn’t for the sauce, it’s for the cook,
so I’m sharing—you want some of mine?
--Thank you yes. That’s really in the book?
--I wrote the book, so it says what I want.
When I’m in my zone, it’s jazz. Look at me as…
.. . A culinary idiot savant?
How ‘bout if you put capers into that?
--Too summer—see I cook with synesthesia.
I’m aiming for an autumnal sirocco--
an ancient villa outside Castellina..
--So if you spice it wrong we wind up in Morocco?
--Perfection! Preparations are complete.
Grab a fork. Dig in. Bon Appetit.