"Regarding Ginger"
from Pheromonal
by Rob Eckert
so drunk we are starting to sober up,
we grind fresh spices
and talk
about cooking.
about how
ginger flesh grates easily
straight out of the freezer—
there is less bruising—
and the way road rash
feels different the night of,
than the night after.
you gave it to me fresh:
a carpaccio of sliced beef and garden basil,
a stroke of a knife up an arm,
a smell of fouled bathwater.