At work in the kitchen
on a new concoction
elbows sharp and beans red
green apron and blue jeans
and barefoot of course
happy is as close as does.
Out of sugar but still
things for better or for
worse she intones and plays
old radio oldies
oh to be home where work
and play equal parlay.
A bit of this for spice
a bit of that for crunch
just a pinch of garlic
an inch of perhaps the
recipe calls for some
extra special bitter.
The Coming of the Toads 