On Cooking

To brew is to welcome Aurora Who sets in to bless us prime Coffee, tea all first global law Battered are idli, dosa, vada, chutney Mouth to stomach breaking the fast For a choice light, just pongal simply To lunch means a midday meal Sweet and sour all curries to savor Of course with rice, the main of the meal Tea time is cracking snack time Frying is strenuous albeit eating is easy Need a choice lighter, tea alone is sublime Boiling, baking, broiling, brewing, blending Chopping, grilling, grinding, pressured A day's roasted, toasted journey is cooking Free time means vegetable-grocery-buying Selecting, bargaining should be for select quality With leftover recipes anew the dinner-cooking Cooking over, eating over- cleaning starts Machine or maid-pain in the neck often Patience punctured by irate sleepy syllables Cooking is a day long journey strenuous Stuck, cooked by smoky kitchen sweating No way to skip as hunger recurs in cycles