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94 At the Ramen Shop, A One-Act Play Thorn & Horn Satyr: Let me buy you a bowl Big stat in the Milky Way The teapot stopped up Milky broth Stewed for days A rose-by, a rosebud, a flower noodle Sliced pork Desiree Hooked by noodles Let me buy you a bowl How hard how soft I hope you like eating Bowl to lap, lap to bowl (Steam rises from a fatty broth. Murky deep and sweet, it holds a tangle of scallion eyes.) Red Bull Satyr: Down a tidy alley To a faux-wood counter Sauna-times chef’s table The entire egg A mystery in spelling A mystery in name A tower of eggs Yolks together, then apart Shaken free of excess water Under supple seaweed sheets The squeal and sizzle Of guzzling thorn & horn

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