Bread From the Earth

Not by bread alone,
but by eggplant, bok choy, and radish,

Not bread alone,
but by pepper, chili, and scorching sumac,

Not by bread alone,

but by stretching savannah,
October clouds set upon an eternal sky.

Soup From A Stone

I wanted understanding,

I got transmissions from the Oracle of Delphi.

I wanted the milk of human kindness, 

she gave me her brand of kindness,

which I was to lap up

like a cat laps up milk.

I wanted, "There, there my darling."

but as you said and it's true,

"You can't get soup from a stone."