Four thousand years ago throughout Qinghai
province, the Chinese dined on thin noodles
from millet (both foxtail and broomcorn). High
in the Pindus, Greeks dubbed their stringy food
pasta, meaning barely porridge. Romans
cooked durum flour and semolina, chose
to rule those foods law. Now Americans
treat this diet as natural as clothes.
So here you and I sit, leaning over
wooden TV trays in our living room
of art, our eyes glowing, chatting lovers
of food and each other, feel fear and faith bloom
as we digest what this meal has done,
combining our substance closer to one.
Roger
April 10, 2011
