Chef

Dave BontaCheerful

I experiment with marrow bones and a mad mouth

one plate for the king and another for the clock

and then home to supper and my sandwich hips sing

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 18 February 1665.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Cheerful
Topics:: bone, clock, food, plate

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The speaker is a chef, and the poem splits their day into two halves: the strange, inventive work of the kitchen, and the plain comfort of going home. At work they "experiment with marrow bones" and have "a mad mouth," which suggests both tasting and talking in a feverish, playful way.

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