{"id":1537,"date":"2011-02-18T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davious.org\/now\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2024-10-25T17:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:29:17","slug":"capers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/2011\/02\/capers\/","title":{"rendered":"Capers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
No. Peas will not replace
this strange desire to add capers
to my already quite exotic Indian stew
God, do I have to go over this
 with myself again?
And Live
Get that which I happen to want?
There even ain\u2019t no shame in it, for shame!
Jeez, just go to the grocery store where
 they have a whole shelf of them \u2014 2 kinds
And don\u2019t wait for tomorrow\u2019s regular
 beautiful shopping; the desire is for them now
And shit if this ain\u2019t the first day
 of spring and bare feet
 and the children out playing
 and Terra out happy despite
 a benign cancer near her stomach bulging
  and red in her eye
 and joy to hear the birds chirp along
 to Flaming Lips\u2019 Fight Test
 as Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
As I still feel bad for not working
 and wonder when I will give it up
 like it\u2019s inevitable
Marching past the children echoing Yoshimi\u2019s
 battle cry, their young souls
 shaming my reluctance to fully embrace
 my capers for all I know
Past the teenagers hanging out
 fresh in courage, laughing smiles
 at one another as they embrace
 awkward, vulnerable, vibrant youth
I taste one
 salty; almost grimmacingly bitter
How many capers? How many capers?
1, 2, 3
Fuck it. Stop counting. Keep going.
My intuition will tell me
And if I don\u2019t just cover it with \u2019em
Add black pepper and a crush of bay leaf.
Add black pepper and a crush of bay leaf?
Add black pepper and a crush of bay leaf.
OK.
You will need a smidge more rice.
Really. OK.

I load up my plate up
hear my roommate in his bedroom
loitering, lounging, laughing with his fianc\u00e9e
as I go out to witness the dusk of a beautiful day
and the slightest dusting of spring
 tears have anointed my table
I wipe the seat and as I eat
 any evidence of wet is vapors
And, no, those capers are not bitter tasting
 they fit perfect, well: smashing
and, hmm, maybe not enough rice
 ah, no, just just enough
I needn\u2019t have thought<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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