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Mapo Tofu
Salty rain begins
Gliding its way down trunks
Getting lost in fabric leaves
Or resting gently on cheeks
Basking in the heat of skins

Molten bean soup
Housing shoals of ****
And Silken soy islands
Habituated by scallion trees
Brewing the perfect flavor group

Then a beam above
A blinding light
Followed by silver
Crashing with all might
With the grace of a bellied dove

The crash pays homage to Moses
Splitting tectonic plates
Paving a path to the scoop
The stew child ascends
And the gap below closes

Into the cave it goes
Entry barred
a serpent slithers
Corralling refuges back to nest
The only ritual it knows

The rain is dense
A body is a temple
This temple a sauna
Coated in scorched poison
It yearns for a cleanse

Watered Calvary sweeps in
Purging vile spice
With soothing touch
But glass only holds so much
And the cure is left thin

Slamming the clear dome
Icebergs swish
In a desolate tomb
But a savior passes by
Returning sea to the arctics home

Hope is restored
Now it’s time to desecrate
Pangea resumes
It won’t stop
Until bowl is fully toured
I love writing for prompts. This one was "Write about eating something unapologetically". Not sure if there's any fate fans out there, but the scene of Kirei eating mapo tofu lives rent free in my head.
Really?
There’s a drawer amiss.
No.
No.
Close it.

Inhale.
Exhale.
Open.
Close it.
Again.

It’s futile.
But.
Again.
Again.
Again!

It’s still there. 
Jesus Christ!
It’s been 11 years
Could’ve waited till I was dead
At least that I could bear 

Breathe.
A false thought?
This parcel not a letter?
Please.
I mustn’t seethe

Hand out.
Reach.
Grab?
No.
Fall back.

It’s in this room?
The golden Marriott.
3 floors 6 doors
How?
Even WiFi struggles for Zoom

Think.
Think!
She was a ghost!
Yet mold grows 
Emerging from the sink.

It’s been so long.
Why?!
I could just wash it down
I grew happy
Not missing her song

Whatever.
I do not care.
It’s just some words.
If worthwhile?
Well, That’d be rare

Hand out. 
Reach.
Grab!
Grit.
There must be no doubt. 

Open.
Read.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe!

My god
She did it.
I knew.
But.
She admits?!

Why?!
All this time
Yet a confession now?
It was obvious!
A worthless lie.

You ran!
Victim to truth?
And for what?
Because you couldn’t handle that?
Your fling with a man?

What about me?
Closure for whom?!
Must be so nice~
Being so hung on guilt 
That you couldn’t see?

A worthless letter 
A worthless lie
A worthless person 
Digging up graves
Just to feel better 

Inhale.
Exhale. 
Close it.
Place.
Close it.
A prompted piece. The prompt was "Write a Confession found in a Hotel Drawer"

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