My poem: Paprika Hendel: Gen

Title: Paprika Hendel
Poetic form: Pantoum
Rating: Gen
Length: 245
No. of lines: 36
For: GYWO 2022 Yatzhee Roll #6
Prompt: peppery
Notes: this is inspired by Dracula. In one of Jonathan Harker's first entries he mentions asking for the recipe of paprika hendel to take to his fiancee Mina.

the traveler seeking an evening meal
along the Carpathians anywhere
must fix upon with unreserved zeal
paprika hendel, a savory fare

along the Carpathians anywhere
the interloper learns of mystery
paprika hendel, a savory fare,
a taste to leave throat gasping, blistery

the interloper learns of mystery
he hears the without the cries of great alarm
a taste to leave throat gasping, blistery
must first be wrung then dropped in boiling harm

he hears without the cries of great alarm
the feathered fowl selected for his plate
must first be wrung then dropped in boiling harm
yet fluttering like moth it meets its fate

the feathered fowl selected for his plate
abandoning coat and skin at request
yet fluttering like moths it meets its fate
dispatched within fixed sight of hungry guest

abandoning cost and skin at request
at once, the naked wretch is cut and thrown,
dispatched within fixed sight of hungry guest,
into a vat with quantities unknown

at once, the naked wretch is cut and thrown
in among onion, butter, flour, and cream
into a vat with quantities unknown
of paprika until churning waters teem

in among onion, butter, flour, and cream
the bits of fowl will swim in a red sea
of paprika until churning waters teem
as if tainted by thirsty devilry

the bits of fowl will swim in a red sea
the traveler seeking an evening meal
as if tainted by thirsty devilry
must fix upon with unreserved zeal

Into the Void

I don't know whether to post or not. On the one hand, I feel like I'm about to spiral into a very bad mood. On the other hand, so what?

Minor went to soccer tryouts for next year but didn't get picked. This is a huge disappointment and a bit of surprise. So he was at the top tier for two years, then we moved him to the middle tier for financial and stress reasons for a year, and, after a year, he doesn't even qualify for that. There's a basic tier but his father doesn't sound like he wants to invest in that. So it'll be a huge change, him not playing soccer. And I feel guilty that maybe I should've done something to help but I don't like sports and haven't played them so I don't know what I could've done. I am just hoping there is a window opening somewhere as this door closes.

And Minisculus is home sick. It's the last 2 weeks of school.

I'm very behind on my word count. I deleted the intermittent fasting app. I couldn't keep up and kept missing my goal, which was discouraging. I haven't touched my jigsaw puzzle in weeks.

I don't know :/