BLOGPOST #34
January 27, 2021
Self-Love Soup
Without even trying I made the perfect soup.
This happens sometimes when my mind is one other things.
I chop, measuring is for chumps who didn’t have a grandmother, I sometimes think
Carrots
Celery
Garlic
Ginger
The can of Cannily beans that I don’t know what to do with so a wash them carefully and place them in the refrigerator
Chicken legs
Skins removed
Chicken stock
Salt
I have gotten to heavy with the salt these days
I simmer everything in the heavy cast iron pot
The only trouble with this soup is that I didn’t make enough, I think
Which is to say that I made enough for me but not enough to share with someone, yet there is an absence of someone to share with
So this is the sadness I am resting in and my ginger chicken soup is the medicine for—