My New Diet (written in Jerusalem in 1999)

My New Diet


I’ve decided to adopt a diet
consisting only of
chocolate and tofu
and couscous and persimmons
and dates, soymilk, zatar bread,
whole wheat pitas and mango juice,
and basil and hamentaschen
and challah
and carrots
and Marzipan’s cinnamon cake
and vegan pumpkin pie
and Annie’s sesame and sea vegetable
salad dressing
and herbal tea
and autumn stew
and other good things.