Solstice Stew by Wade Martin

bring out the mushrooms from May celery from the upper field in April June tomatoes ripened and ready bit of hare from July’s fortnight past the flavor must peak like firecrackers approach the zenith with an archer’s care boar of the stars lend me your musk this stew was meant for mouths of gods broth will boil into a galaxy potatoes delineate gravitational pulls each clove of basil is a virgin star drowning in the steaming night simmer until high noon stir with a freshly broken mesquite branch spill some out for the local stray cat sleep while digesting to ensure full potency

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