Hour 2

Recipe poem

The Perfect Recipe for a Guaranteed Disaster

Ingredients

1. Me
2. Longing
3. Loneliness
4. Dark Dance Floor
5. Vodka

Method

***Following the recipe is a suggestion. Disaster results, in any measure, are guaranteed when all of these ingredients are brought together.

1. Take me out of my leggings and into a shower late afternoon, allowing for a couple of hours, at least, before the appointed hour of “readiness,” to allow time for dressing and preparation.
2. Make sure large doses of longing have marbled through me; tenderizing the toughest parts of me so I am more pliable to any grasping hands to pull away the tenderest pieces of me.
3. Soak in loneliness for a minimum of 48 hours. Any less time and the results will not be as immediate or as obvious to permit a state of “readiness.”
4. It is always best if the longing and loneliness work together. The results will be much more impressive.
5. Prepare me with dressing to suit the location and season. The fewer layers the better.
6. Introduce me, after soaking in longing, loneliness, and vodka, to the darkened dance floor. Results are best (and most story worthy) when the Canadian Navy is in town, for a little added flavor.
7. It is vitally important to infuse the whole mess with vodka every hour, at least, for the most amazing disaster.
8. An extra tip: this disaster is best when I have to work the next day. This produces the most glorious disaster: the walk of shame.

Serves at least 2-3…at a time.

© r. l. elke