a kitchen poem

chaos

First day back after a week off

Getting back into the rhythm

Slice my finger on a dull knife

Time is ticking

Need help finding three separate ingredients (they are right in front of me)

Hurry up hurry up

Three projects going on at once

Don’t burn the onions

Station so messy

The ovens are so hot

Stir stir stir

Scrub scrub scrub

Sweat sweat sweat

Knuckles catch on a sharp edge

Bleed bleed bleed

Where are the band aids

There’s no more space in the walk-in

Sorry, that’s not an option, make space

shuffle shuffle shuffle

Ouch that’s my elbow

I’m falling behind

It’s almost over

Can I get it all done?

It must be 100 degrees in here

Bleed some more

Sweat dripping

Gotta strain that

Gotta clean this

I need help

You can help?

Wow, thanks

Look it’s done

Who needs elbows anyway

Thank you thank you

All done all clean

I need a shower

What a day