The tomato queried:
which curry today?
sambar aviyil or olan33?

     Along with mutton or chicken
mackerel or salmon
how are we to split today,
vertically or horizontally?

We hear
the knife whispering
to the cutting board
we see
the vessels on the table hastening
and the oil boiling over
in the Chinese pan.

We know
no one minces a little onion
for nothing in the kitchen
it is the same grinning teeth
that also tear apart.

The yam itches
the gourd is bitter
the chilly burns
the jackfruit has thorns
bananas have sap that stains
We?
Always like a newborn-
a rabbit
among vegetables.