Delicata Squash

Roasted and then

salty parsley pesto

feta cheese

pomegranate seeds

in my mouth like

explode

like

I can’t believe someone made this for me

like

I am the luckiest woman alive

my body says

“long ago,

I emerged from a womb

I have grown, developed, eaten and slept

I have worked at exercising to match your creative appetite

You have treated me well and poorly

you have put me in hot tubs

you have given me orgasms

you have fed me both good and terrible food

You have denied me sleep, you have lolled in bed

but this

this is the pinnacle

all of my labor is compensated

I am sated. Compen

sated.”

Eating is underrated.

Everybody talks about sex

(and sex is nice)

but for daily sensual pleasure

There just ain’t anything more

reliable

than food.