hello, greenbean, hanging on the porch! long, skinny, turdlike creatures come to feed us, give us vitamins and make us smile. smiles specked with flecks of summer green from the beans. yellow flowers like bright little kernels of popped corn appear at the ends of your antenna. they fall off, still bright, still yellow, and slowly wither on the cement. and then you appear, first like commas, tiny and shy. but the yellow sun and the bluesky rain make you grow. one day you're nothing but a dream, a hope, the next (or maybe two) you're realized, hanging heavy on the fragile limbs, oversized leaves soaking up the sun like big green elephant ears or hearts or a drawing of lungs.it's almost dinnertime. let's have greenbeans. yum! I'm hungry. a pot is boiling on the stove. what's it gonna be? fill my plate with veggies. summer squash from the CSA farm, greenbeans from the porch. parsley and rosemary (sage and thyme, too, if you want to be corny). corn! corn and greenbeans, that would be a nice treat. and don't forget the beer.
my brain is frazzled because my stomach is empty. my brain says what can I eat? give me something quick! don't make me wait! but it'll be worth the wait. cabbage chopped and soaked in seasalt then mixed up with pepper and oil and a little yogurt, lemonjuice, fresh squeezed lemons.
lemon meringue pie! that would take some time.
