Voici une recette de cuisine facile.
Choisissez une belle cuisine bien fraîche. Coupez-la en fines rondelles et mettez-la dans un saladier. Ajoutez l'oignon émincé, la vinaigrette et le persil.
C'est prêt.
L'informatique, les écrans tactiles et maintenant l'IA, je n'y comprends rien. Je suis trop vieux, j'ai connu l'époque où la télé n'avait qu'une chaîne. Comment faire, à mon âge et avec ma canne, pour rattraper les temps qui courent ?
An #Ekphrastic free verse from the cormorant’s point of view, inspired by the photo by Long-Nong Huang shared by @JanetHollister8.
The Ring We Keep
He puts the ring on and I feel the old weight settle.
Not tight.
Just enough to remind me who I am when the silver flashes below.
I have known this weight since my wings first worked.
It is the shape of our years together.
The lantern glows above me like a small sun he made with his own hands.
I watch it rock while he poles the raft forward.
The river is cold tonight — the way I like it —
dark enough that the fish forget to hide.
I wait for his whistle, the one note that has always meant go.
Down I go.
The world turns quiet and heavy.
I chase the quick shadows, clamp one big enough to matter.
When I break the surface he is already reaching.
He squeezes, gentle, the way he has done a thousand nights.
The big fish leaves me.
I keep the small ones.
I could fly away.
The mountains would let me.
But I stay on the perch and shake the water off.
He strokes my head the same way every time — rough palm, warm.
I make the small noise in my throat that he thinks is only breathing.
It isn’t.
It is the only word I have ever needed to give him.
The lantern swings.
I wait for the next whistle.
This is the river we were given.
This is the ring we keep.
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