Summer poetry

Chop some freshly picked tomatoes

about four or five.

Add minced garlic cloves,

about six or seven.

Dice fresh mozzarella,

about 8 ounces.

Add handfuls of freshly picked

and roughly chopped sweet basil.

Pour in some extra virgin olive oil,

whatever seems right to you.

Salt and pepper to taste,

as they say.

Mix all in a glass bowl 

and cover with plastic wrap.

Place it all in the sun for much of the afternoon.

I personally like to cook up a mess of linguine

about suppertime,

toss everything together quickly 

and eat the goodness I barely had a hand in.

If the juice trickles down your chin

and splatters on your shirt, 

you’re probably doing

something right.

Fresh crusty bread is a good idea,

if you like sopping juice.

I like real butter, too,

but then I’m living large.

The secret is the ingredients

and who you eat and drink with

and what quenches your thirst

and satisfies your appetite.

Summer starts with the sun.