Ode to Banh Hoi
Banh hoi!
Do not ask if I love you
Ask instead
How can I love you more?
You are voluptuousness
exquisitely architected
artfully designed
Beautiful.
You are abundantly bundled
full of rich rice-ness:
Long grain!
Jasmine!
Imported! from the motherland.
Banh hoi!
You are tongue-tantalizing
taste-bud lust
and licentious.
I watch you lay there
empty, lonely, waiting
for her
to envelop, soak, overwhelm
you.
You smell Her
coming, dripping, wanting
to rain stinkily, sourly, sweetly
on you.
You fall in love
into nuoc mam
into an ocean
of chili flames.
You burn.
I lower my chopsticks
in surrender
to your perfection
Divine.
By Thanh Do
San Jose, California
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