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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...

PARSLEY

There is reason for good broth 

for there is no middle ground.

Usually, i sit to let it boil

to think of various things;

to weave a funeral wreath

for colossal desire to see it burn

into a boiled over slow plague.


But when steam diffuses

as lovingly as a kitchen's silence 

i shall tuck deep into cupboards

and translate the wounds

dismissed for fistfuls of herbs

to sip my good broth.


Because why should i rationalize wellness?

joy can be dispatched

as i rinse this palate

and my fear of parsley.







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