Food Poetry 13: For Our Anniversary

Greetings from Park City, Utah, where my only niece is getting married today. In honor of her wedding I'm republishing one of Jason Tandon's fabulous poems, which I thought was fitting for this Very Special Edition of Food Poetry. Many thanks to Jason for the poem and for letting me use it.

Congratulations, Lisa and Joshua; may you celebrate many a happy anniversary in the years to come.

For Our Anniversary

Now that the flowers have dried and withered,
I will tell you that they were a re-wrapped
bouquet—severely discounted—
which allowed me to purchase
those two salmon fillets I glazed
with a bottle of maple dressing,
the crab cakes I served with a spoonful
of spicy mustard from the housewarming sampler
your mother had gifted us,
the package of pre-mixed chocolate chunk
cookie dough I baked from scratch,
and from a fundraising ballet troupe,
that banana nut votive candle
which lasted just the one night.

~From Give Over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt. © Black Lawrence Press, 2009. Reprinted with permission. Buy the book on Amazon.