old recipes

something as simple
as reading old recipes
bring thoughts of distant times
of kitchens long ago
of people no longer present
of someone
I used to be
before evolving
into the man in this kitchen
today

12 thoughts on “old recipes

  1. This morning, I was the man in the kitchen. I’m not a foodie, so I’d say Madeleines. Staring down at a pot on the stove, I recall other pots on other stoves in other kitchens. Concise comes to mind here, perfect expression in ten lines.

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