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By David Athey Something about the brain in mystical water, and cod, scrod, olive oil, and olives. There was a rain- bow trout, or salmon, lentils, pumpkin seeds and pumpernickel bread, and red wine (of course) and a refrain: Brain go to Kitchen Kitchen go to Heaven Heaven feed Brain Brain go to Kitchen Kitchen go to Heaven Heaven feed Brain (repeated 4 or 5 times) (maybe 7) How much refrain is too much? Cabbage, asparagus, broccoli, kale, all those leafy greens-- I couldn’t help me, myself, and I, and Brain said: More! Refrain! 7 times, 7 times more! Collard greens, beets, mustard greens, lima beans, lemony lime and leapin’ salmon glazing the sky! Understand? Brain. Kitchen. Something…mystical water…more… Heaven…more…more… (less refrain) Sigh. David Athey’s poems, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in various literary journals and magazines, including Christianity & Literature, Iowa Review, Dappled Things, Berkeley Fiction Review, Windhover, Relief, Time of Singing, and Harvard Review. Athey lives in South Florida on a small lake with large iguanas. His books, including Art is for The Artist, are available at Amazon.
David's other work on Foreshadow: That Poet (Poetry, October 2024) Our Days in Rays of Light (Poetry, November 2024)
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