My Grandmother’s kitchen was made up of Iron Pots.
Iron susceptible to charque firewood.
That reminded me so much of Iroko forests.
She would scrape off gathered black ashes
...
The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude-
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
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