Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #54
The Mountain Man Was Eating by Belinda Roddie The mountain man was eating a big bowl of jambalaya - juicy shrimp, thick strips of chicken, spice galore burning each hole in his face (nostrils, mouth, all the tidbits). He looked up from his meal and saw an elk staring forlornly at his plate of food, its eyes sunken within the tawny silk of fur, its teeth snapping. It seemed to brood over the fact that this man had dinner and it did not. The mountain man held up the dish and let the steam blow and simmer to let the wild animal start to sup. But elks do not eat seafood, usually, and this elk could not stand so much spicy!