Soup 1

The soup is thin!

Cabbage, carrots,

Cucumbers, corn

Disappearing

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!"

The bell is rung!

Mouths expecting

Peerless virtue

A dish that's sung

By priests and kings.

But soup is soup

Homogenous

Faceless liquid

And but a sip

Can drain The Cup.

Interior design

Bedframe: http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10376/16284/

I like the Malm, Nordli, Brimnes, and Mandal - mostly in straight blacks or whites.

Mattress:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00QBZ265U?fp=1&keywords=tuft%20and%20needle&linkCode=sl1&linkId=10af4f8465a9a73bcaae0eabb5d0db49&pc_redir=T1&qid=1453936168&s=furniture&sr=1-1&tag=sleepopolisma-20

I like the Tuft and Needle mattress - maybe 5"? They come in 10" and 5". Though firmer, the 5" would maintain a lower profile.

Nightstands:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10364/20656/

I like the Nordli, Stockholm, Selje, Malm, Brimnes, Malmsta, and Nornas.

Dressers:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10364/10451/

I like Kullen and Nordli. The 6 drawer Kullen maintains a low, clean profile

Side tables and coffee tables:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/series/09063/

My favorite is Lack ^

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10364/10451/

or Hemnes side tables:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/series/17723/

Floor lamp:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10371/10731/

I like Alang, Klabb, Solleftea, Vidja, Rutbo.

Dining table:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/series/10232/

I like Bjursta.

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/functional/10368/21825/

I like Bjursta, Stornas, Torsby, Melltorp, Bjursnas, Lerhamn, Tarendo.

Desk:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/series/07468/

I like Malm.

Memory revision 6

A memory is supposed to taste sweet;

As a plump berry recalls ripe noondays

Full-blossomed in snug evening rendezvous,

So a memory's fragrance should speak warmth.

Yet winter consumes all, deafly, mutely;

Her cold fruits cloy bitterly to the tongues

Of men who'd sip but dare not remember.

When the frost taints, is a draught worth the dregs?

Memory revision 5

A memory is supposed to taste sweet;

As a plump berry recalls ripe noondays

Full-blossomed in snug evening rendezvous,

So a memory's fragrance should speak warmth.

Yet winter consumes all, deafly, mutely;

Her cold fruits cloy bitterly to the tongues

Of men who'd sip but dare not remember.

If the frost taints, is a draught worth the dregs?

Memory revision 4

A memory is supposed to taste sweet;

As a plump berry recalls ripe noondays

Full-blossomed in snug evening rendezvous,

So a memory's fragrance should speak warmth.

Yet winter alters all, deafly, mutely;

Her cold fruits cloy bitterly to the tongues

Of men who'd sip but dare not remember.

If the frost taints, is a draught worth the dregs?

Memory revision 3

A memory is supposed to taste sweet;

As a plump berry recalls ripe noondays

Full-blossomed in snug evening rendevous,

So a memory's fragrance should (ooze) speak warmth.

Yet winter alters all, deafly, mutely;

Her cold fruits cloy bitterly to the tongues

Of men who'd (sip) but dare not remember.

If the frost taints, is a draught worth the dregs?

Memory revision 2

A memory is supposed to taste sweet;

As a plump berry recalls ripe noondays

Full-blossomed in snug evening rendevous,

So a memory's fragrance should speak warmth.

Yet winter alters all, deafly, mutely;

Her cold fruits cloy bitterly to the tongues

Of men who'd speak but dare not remember.

If the frost taints, is a draught worth the dregs?