Hasta La Pasta, Baby

Thanursan
1 min readApr 6, 2024

You come in all shapes and sizes
Draped with plenty of palatable sauces
Hot and spicy, rich and creamy, cool and greeny, thick and tangy
Whatever your make-up maybe, you always make me happy

Spaghetti, you spin around my fork like a ballerina
And cradle my tongue with your slender strands
Confetti, I throw around when bacon and yolk make up my carbonara
Ecstasy, I feel as I eat oodles of you and slip into a food coma

If I had a penny every time I had penne
I’ll have a lot of money and buy some more penne
Be it an Alfredo or an arrabbiata
In my mind, you are ever-present like a Mazda Miata

I am a mormon married to your sermons:
Gnocchi with some kochchi; linguine with some zucchini
I love you lasagna, cause you pack a punch like Israel Adesanya
Macaroni with pepperoni is a testimony to our juicy matrimony

You nourish me with your warmth, help me flourish with comfort
You are my silver lining, my darling, mmm, delicious dining
Be it at a cafe or a buffet, I only have eyes for you, habibi
Till next time, I’ll be back, hasta la pasta, baby

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