Thursday, July 28, 2016

Soup 5 (with punctuation)

The soup's too thin!
Cabbage, carrots,
Cucumbers, corn,
Slowly fading
Into might've-beens.

Give it substance!
Vegetable
Or animal
Meaning. Perchance,
More than happenstance.

Make it linger!
Zesty deeds
Memorial,
Timeless flavors
Demanding "encore!"

Stop! The bell's rung!
Mouths expecting
Peerless virtue:
A dish that's sung
By priests and kings.

Yet soup's still soup.
Homogenous,
Faceless liquid.
And but a sip
Can drain The Cup.

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