they eat their crabs
steamed in Old Bay
pepper-hot so they can’t
taste the sweet
of the meat
dumped on newsprint
covered tables
a tangle of legs and claws
wooden mallets
pummel fat blue bodies
dusted with boil...
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Prompt=regional food. Yum? Peace...
When I saw your post title I thought you were writing about me.
ReplyDeleteI can smell practically smell them from your words (not that your words stink, they're just that descriptive).
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