These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Culinary Writing

Still to think. Soon comes the thread.
Sipping hope, the tea's for taste.
Something new, not always read.
Light beholding, stories baste.

Season freely social themes,
pour in some laughter with the milk
of kind protagonist we deem
both tough and mannered, smooth as silk.

The habanero battle's fought
the quiche now heats in the oven, dark,
then covered as the hero's taught
by nerves, unsettled in the park.

The knife goes in to slice the dish
as the lead now leaps to find her way.
She sidesteps quick when from her wish
her victory is on display.

The denouement of cold sorbet,
the coachman pours their spot of tea,
into the sunset goes the day
the sated reader, peaceful, free.

by Jay O’Toole
on May 20th, 2025