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 Cooking a Poem Is it cooking or baking? Baking, of course relies On mixing ingredients One          By                   One (by two by three by four) And the blending or kneading           Or some such arduous  Task  Then the long                               Bake An hour                    At  Least (by two by three by four) Cooking, now that's an  Action               Sport  Eye contact with your  Opponent is key Constant engagement| Assured Blade skills ensured Chopping          Dicing Chiffonade The watching of the     Heat And then, of course  Stirring and scraping  And watching the Heat Cardiovascular But when...

I really don't know what happened Suddenly I get a phone call, a call In this day of text only messages That, of course, is a sign to answer But I was indisposed. You  can make Of that what you will; I will make  That of what I will. But I am Disconnected But this morning when I paid Attention Ron was dead Dead by his own hand It is not my place to judge Was my immediate thought And it isn't I don't understand How pain, in whatever Form Can drive someone to Kill          Themself But I burned my hand                              Badly     On Sunday              Searing, electrical                                   Pain If I had to live from                     ...