American River Review 2019 - Flipbook - Page 33
Go to a Place
Deborah Dano
I went to a place of sauces
and green pea pods wrapped
with my teeth
crisp and sweet.
The sauces I tossed sizzling chicken
and peppers with onions and guavas,
tomatoes and real rice then;
The tangy bed of them all
my face rested in
coming alive came an
oh-yeah time giving me
thought China is at home tonight
scallops on leafy greens squeezed lemon on
fried too wrapped wontons dipped
in sweet and sour on yellow curry
sauce I let drift my face into its cave
and vision became coulis.
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