Saturday 17 November 2012

Garlic Sauce

The chips 
were golden.
crisp and sodden, all at once. 
Salt. Vinegar. Plastic fork. And 
garlic sauce, in a polystyrene cup, 
(which split softly in my grip
as I tipped it up).

The centre tines snap
off as I dig in,
but I don't care;
I scald my tongue in 
haste and splutter steam 
into the night air.

The sauce is all I ever wanted,
cool and tangy, great on chips.
 And I'm starving, 
scoffing, scarffing, and it's
dripping down my lips.

"You're gonna stink love!"
But I'm drunk, and I 
could not care less.

(Garlic's fine and dandy when
there's no one to impress.)






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