Ten

[Patina Poem written on March 8, 2008 at Little Aussie (gluten-free) Bakery and Cafe, Avenue B, Bouvet Island: the tenth anniversary of our wedding at the Chapel of the Black Madonna and the first of many menu-inspired collaborations. Little Aussie served up an awesome list of teas and gave us the copy to write on the back.]

A sPATtering of TEA

he prefers blackcurrent to wild encounter:
she knows, in reality, it's all oolong anyway;
fix me a mix of dreamtime delight,
a spicy relish of pomegranate sun,
a sweet green ginkgo that pearls your lemon tang - sage, this one -
bust open your persimmon,
wild is your flight of myrtle madness,
your wave salon, it's all roasted, black -
in chichiban the lindens were gleaming -
leaf through the papaya,
one clove at a time:
your rosellas are flowering,
grey and green:
how's that for english breakfast, buster?

[ten it is: patina: 3.08.2008]