Breadsticksby Connie Donleycott and Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Frogpond 32:3, Fall 2009, page 49. Written on 12 July 2008 (first verse) and 15 July 2008 (remaining verses) by email, about our 11 July 2008 visit to the Olive Garden restaurant in Silverdale, Washington. On that date, we also wrote the “Off the Top of Our Heads” rengay with Alice Frampton.
different viewpoints— we both order the same entrée Connie
tasty appetizer your foot touches mine Michael
endless salad the first refill skimpy on peppers Connie
ravioli di portobello— yet again the waitress asks if everything’s okay Michael
we say yes, then no to tiramisu Connie
reaching simultaneously, we almost tear the bill in half Michael
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