10 Ramadan

  GASTRONOMICAL RIGMAROLE

Fresh crisp cantaloupe spooned from its skin, 
tamari-soaked almonds and mahjoul dates, 
hot Ceylon tea with honey mixed in, 
golden delicious apples on plates,

mango, stringy, sweet fit for potentates, 
tropical specialty served on our table, 
strawberries, nestled each with their mates 
red as sunsets, delicious as fable--

tastes more pungent than words are able 
to say without calling up alien likenesses, 
each one basically untranslatable 
into anything but their own sweet essences. 

Hagan Daz coffee ice cream in a bowl--
I could go on and on with this 
    gastronomical rigmarole!