lenten journal: biscuit king

“No one cries over artificial flowers.”--Peter Coyote

biscuit king

by the time we moved to durham
the biscuit king had ended his reign

sunny side up was our breakfast joint
in guilford till they closed down

in charlestown collier’s market made
the best cheeseburger sub evah

I can chronicle my life in closed
down restaurants it seems

gonza tacos y tequila, lori ann donuts
greenville avenue country club

the hop in fort worth, good eats too
american meltdown food truck

I could keep listing them but it’s
no fun without telling the stories

the best thing about cooking
other than who you eat with

is that you know you’re making
temporary stuff on purpose

part of what makes it taste good
is that you run out of food

loss has a lingering flavor
memory is a shared hunger

so tonight I will savor the
biscuit I never got to have

Peace,
Milton