Kendall Merriam: Christos Voskres


For the Chef and Staff of the Hartstone Inn
Can I write this
so full of Kobe beef
fed Kirin beer and caressed
to the ultimate tenderness
it is no sin after the stone
is rolled away
pre-plague we hosted 9
from Russia, India, Brazil
and St. George
lamb and chicken
Aana’s New Delhi dishes
kids with toys
what a lot of noisy fun
now so many moved on
to North Carolina
to Heaven
the Inn is advertising for help
if I weren’t bound to a walker
I would apply
like I did at the Paramount
when I was sixteen
as third assistant cook
at least today
I could wash a dish or two
I wouldn’t be ashamed
the restaurant is so good
it would be a privilege
to keep the plates, silverware
gleaming and shiny
since our limited celebration
will allow one guest
Inna from Russia
is coming for dessert
and you packed four
why we don’t know
but with Prince of Wales
or Lapsong Souchong
will make their loveliness
go down easy
with the stone rolled away
Kendall Merriam, Home, 4/4/2021 2:05 PM
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