working with what you've got

it was sunday night
and the girl nor the boy
had made it to the market.

but they were hungry.

"what shall we eat?"
said they.

if they were in denver,
the question would have been different.
"what do you want from Spicy Basil?"
or
perhaps,
"do you mind calling Pasquini's this time?"

but the restaurants are 8 miles away
and probably don't deliver much anyway.

but that didn't even cross their minds.

"i have steak in the freezer,
tortillas from thursday,
cheese from the taquitos,
mango from the scallop dish,
a peach left over from the fruit crisp,
green onion from the crab cakes,
red onion from the blue cheese steaks,
cilantro from the dressing last week,
half a jalapeno,
and one avocado that just never got used."

and in no time flat,
they were sipping french wine,
leftover, of course,
and eating tostadas by the sea.

life, in fact, can be splendid.
and what you need to make it that,
might just already be in your fridge
or somewhere else nearby.