CRAVING

You know when you crave,
It indicates what you lack,
Some nutrition or mineral,
Some elemental need?

I am craving
Hot sauce.

I can't think of anything
But wanting
Buffalo wings and Thai soup
With chili oil pools.

The mushrooms and meat
Are not the point.

But sauce with a spoon,
To burn and linger,
To make me real,
To feel.

I wonder what it means
I need.

by Lori Martin, 5/31/15