Red Eye Gravy
Today is a treat, today I get red eye gravy
ham frying up on the stove
a heart beat of my childhood memories
red eye gravy — a rich, thick, salty, coffee recipe
Frying up on the stove
a southern smell of fat-rich food
red eye gravy — its secret is in the coffee
cooked into it
I can smell the ham cooking
the gravy with its button holes
The smell of home
it gets into the being
I can smell that uniquely rich scent
Salty country ham, biscuits, red eye gravy
My Doctor wouldn’t approve
but he isn’t here
this meal is heart rich
home cooking, soul enriching
southern food, with its fried up
salty, rich comfort
Today is a treat, today I get red eye gravy
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Bahaha “My Doctor wouldn’t approve
but he isn’t here.”
Reading this, I felt like I was there. Nicely done.
:. . .the gravy with its button holes”. Unless you have been properly baptized with such a gravy, you cannot imagine what you have missed.
I love how the repetition of “red eye gravy” works like a refrain.