To caramelize the onions properly
requires a certain state of mind.
One can't be holding on to ancient pain
or the onions, sensing your anger,
burn black and hard.
You must acknowledge the imperfections
of your life, the dreams that will not now
at midlife come true,
and let them go
like a balloon accidentally released
from a child's hand.
You must stir steadily, regularly,
with a wooden spoon on the cast iron pan
feeling the tension ease out
of the longitudinal slices
while the aroma evolves
and fills the kitchen.
Another balloon drifts away carrying with it
worries about next week's meeting,
and another about your daughter's future.
Stir, stir,
there is time for all that later.
audio: https://soundcloud.com/mbonica/onions
and let them go
like a balloon accidentally released
from a child's hand.
You must stir steadily, regularly,
with a wooden spoon on the cast iron pan
feeling the tension ease out
of the longitudinal slices
while the aroma evolves
and fills the kitchen.
Another balloon drifts away carrying with it
worries about next week's meeting,
and another about your daughter's future.
Stir, stir,
there is time for all that later.
audio: https://soundcloud.com/mbonica/onions
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