Recipe

by Perry L. Powell

Nature first:
flowers perhaps
but not roses
peonies, lilies, poppies
or maybe a giraffe.

A seasonal reference:
icicles dangling like long fingernails
from oak branches
or the return of geese from the south.

Blend in the people.
For the young, there must be the scent of sex.
For the old, the sag of age.

A philosophical rumination,
some tech, some science…

Stir to taste;
all recipes come down to taste in the end.