Housewarming for a New Grill
Ever since Lucy came down from the trees and stood
straight and erected
We have on the difference between animals and
humans on the issue of fire reflected
Animals see fire and in fear
Quickly flee when it appears
Humans have spent thousands of years trying to
learn
How to keep a fire going or make pieces of wood
burn
Tired of freezing and eating raw roots and
uncooked meat
A long ago ancestor saw wood burning from a lightning
strike and felt its heat
Daringly put a piece of meat on a stick over the
fire for a tasty treat
The beginning of a path to all manner of tasty
meals to greet
For our cooking always looking for the perfect
tools
Wood, charcoal, coal, oil, and natural gas as over
nature we rule
Ovens, cookers, spits, stoves, our minds would not
quit
Even hot rocks covered with leaves in a luau pit
But when it came to steaks the choice was easy, it
had to be not a pan but a grill
That’s why we are gathered today to celebrate this
gift from the opening of the owner’s till
Now we are blessed with a massive stainless steel
grill
Enabling anyone to be become king of barbecue hill
How better a way to christen our grill and break
it in
Than a steak pot luck where with our neighbors our
taste buds and bellies win.
Even though perhaps in the future a sad day
For our resident chef Zack is moving away.
© June 8, 2019
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