Avocado
How that hard, green vegetable forms the mushy medium of a dip so iconic.
mashed up
to its consistency in
the first month with sleet
a dour chill running through
this November air
Jalapeño
Such a fierce and fiery red pepper to “kick it up a notch…”
Diced up
and poured out like a
late winter garden
an unseasonal warmth
arising unbidden
Cilantro
For who can resist the lemony, peppery, pungence of it?
minced down
as small as it gets, this
blanket by the fire
unsettling temperature
a pendulum swing
Serrano
for when an ordinary culinary incineration isn’t enough!
expiation
for all of our sins—
guacamole
for dVersePoetsPub’s Tuesday Poetics: Holy Guacomole, where Pubtender Melissa has us compose using four words from a word bank.
The pub is open! Come join us!
And Colleen Chesebro’s current #TankaTuesday Challenge!
Frank J. Tassone 
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