Honey Dripper Catfish Pie

 

 

Ingredients:

 

1 freshly caught sole of a daddy fish

1 mean Boss-man Viper, smoked

 6 old guitar strings

9 dirty fingers

1/2 teaspoon voodoo magic

1 teaspoon dark honey

 

 

Pre-heat oven to eighteen hundred and

Slam in your sole.

Throw the body in whole:

We’ll eat every portion of the sucker.

 

Leave him sweat for a life-time, then

Remove the skin,

Leave organs in. 

Take not apart –waste the heart alone.

 

Boil-up the fish-flesh along with

Serpentine meat,

The sharp, salty-venom will sweeten.

Fangs helpless as the water softens his jaw.

 

Mix in there, the honey and voodoo

To sweeten and bind

The kidnapped, beaten and blind,

Licking spoons clean of crude, thick sugar.

 

Use fingers to turn it all through, feeling

Texture of -how long? Voices and drums:

Deep-South slow song as

Loose linger fragrances of fugitive homes.

 

Sieve the mix through steel strings,

Cover with a crust; Et Voila!

Lost Brothers caked in dust,

With a New World flavour of highways.

Reviews

[Donald Meikle]

Did the website. Twas a pleasure. This recipe slowsings on heartstrings. Fret not artist

there's nothing like a good insane culinary mind meal.

[DrewBerry]

Love this. Nine dirty fingers - HA Ha; I wonder about that one clean finger.. hmmmm

~ Drew's hungry and off to that special place for some honey dripping pie ~

[Emily B]

I thought of Ron as I read this. . . I see he found his way here already and enjoyed it. Nice bluesy feel. I went down south for a few days last spring. From Tuscaloosa, ALabama to Natchitoches, Lousisiana. I almost imagine I could hear these words down along some slow-moving river.

[R J Askew]

Sounds like rebirth to me. On a bed of rice. And a sheaf of new lyrics for pudding. Nice one. Enjoyed.

[THE LOST ROSE]

Great write. I really enjoyed the opening to your poem and the visual picture you painted. simply outstanding.