Lasagna

By Lenore Rosenberg

Layers upon layers of pillowed creaminess,
woody mushrooms and béchamel.

Layered with love, oozing cheese,
zucchini strips peeking out. Color of sand,

foam of the sea, scenting of garlic and thyme,
peas peep out of the wrinkled, silken sheets,

Bubbling cheese is a richer bed for a princess
than ever she deserved. I sink into the puddles of cream,

blanket myself in the arms of downy noodles,
drowning in the passion, only to rise again

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