Beyond Sustenance

Artwork: Because of Toast - Joe Sorren, 2008

i believe
in the color,
the flavor,
the savor
of things -

consider:
the ripe
mango...
golden, firm,
fragrant, honeyed
oval...
succulence
made tangible.
its musky
perfume
cooing a
siren song,
an almost
sexual
come-hither
signal.
tempting
in its
ripeness,
juice dripping
like sweat
from a
fevered
brow.
the flesh
soft,
yielding,
sensual.

consider:
the verdant
green,
the audible
crunch
of a
well-made
salad -
the tenderness,
the savor,
the blood-tang
of rare beef
causing
an almost
vampiric
hunger
in a
diner.

pity
the dieter,
pity
the picky,
pity
the prejudiced -

for they
know not
what they
miss.