ADVICE FOR VEGETABLES: Stewing with élan Many of us exist in giant pots simmering next to know-it-alls who yap away, or beside bland potatoes who care about little and have nothing to say. Onions are different: they give ordinary casseroles pizzazz, transforming simple beans into culinary activists, and encouraging other vegetables to give more flavor. Even before slicing zesty onions are undaunted by skillets. I admire succulent onions who laugh bravely as they sizzle under the flames. Cooking well requires gusto, and each part of the casserole of life has a part to play. Don't worry about getting chopped up or deep fried: under time's relentless flames sizzle all lives. Anya: One thing I believe in: we are all in this stew of life together. Carlos: That might be so, but many people act with a self "me-only" awareness. They fail to see how their welfare is connected to the welfare of many others. Brice: There is only one word for such short-sightedness: stupidity. Devani: Somehow or other we've got to expand or awareness. Otherwise, we face extinction. ===================================================================================== from POEATIONS: Explorations in meta-poetry by T Newfields Summary: Some ideas about the need to transcend individual squeamishness. Keywords: living with élan, bodacious audacity, human beans, enthusiastic living Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1991 in Shizuoka, Japan ☆ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/cor.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/holo.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/sopa.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/yasai.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/shucai.htm