{"id":96,"date":"2010-01-07T01:23:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T06:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davious.org\/now\/?p=96"},"modified":"2024-12-18T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T23:11:14","slug":"bellissimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/2010\/01\/bellissimo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellissimo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">On a lark\nfound myself\nin that dark secret restaurant\nno one goes to\nI\u2019ll take the soup of the day\n my vain attempt to avoid\n extravagance\nAnd desert to say farewell\n to another lovely person\nYes, I would like fresh ground pepper\n to give the soup some kick\n\u201c\u2019O sole mio\u201d belting out into\n the well\u2013appointed empty room\nSpinach\u2013lobster soup\n Hearty and delicate\n Plenty of bread with which to dip\n And something in its craftsmanship\nSome hidden source of quality\n Slows me\n I shift gears\n Look upon the playing of traffic\n  lights refracting through the beveled glass\n Lose myself gazing at the Christmas\n  light\u2013encircled tree\nAnd savor\nDip, dip, dip\nSavor\nReflect\nGaze\nDip\nSpoon\n\nA bit of lightheadedness\nsome garrulous fullness overtakes me\n This happens on rare occasions\n  unexpectedly in exotic places\n   That restaurant in Quebec when\n    I became giddy\nI try to talk to the waiter\n as he is about to remove my bowl\nThree times I work my mouth\n before I get the words out\nChocolate sauce for the vanilla pudding with raspberries?\n\nThey accommodate me with a delicate dribble\n of chocolate syrup over raspberry sauce\natop a ridiculously small mound of pudding\n and four raspberries\nStill overcome by the soup I wait\nAllowing more minutes and traffic to pass\n till I gently approach the plate\nI carve out one small sliver and\nBomb out in its astonishing taste\n So, time stands still\n  nibble by nibble\nEach spoonful an era\n Regaling in the comradery of each wafting aria\nAnd cherish every bit\nWhat are those sparkling specks?\n Perhaps some pixie dust laced in it\nNow, making it a stranger place,\n My lips start tingling ten seconds after each taste\nIs this what life is\n So jam\u2013packed with goodness\n that each tiny sliver is a world of foolishness?\nThe timeless moment drags on\n Confound it; I can\u2019t finish this song\n I\u2019m too full \u2014\n Not another bite \u2014\nPlease wrap it up and goodnight<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a lark found myself in that dark secret restaurant no one goes to I\u2019ll take the soup of the day my vain attempt to avoid extravagance And desert to say farewell to another lovely person Yes, I would like fresh ground pepper to give the soup some kick \u201c\u2019O sole mio\u201d belting out into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-blue-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3663,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/3663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davious.org\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}