Reduction
Simmering on a back burner
Evaporating
Diminishing
To concentrate flavor
And thicken the broth or sauce
Aging, chronic illness, plus the pandemic
Reducing me
Refining is painful
Simmering on the back burner is no fun
Pruning makes me sore
Yet
Hopeful to become
More truly who I am
A thicker, more flavorful me
Let it continue
Grow and stretch
Let the trials
The isolation
Turn me into
A highly concentrated glaze
A viscous
Honey or roux
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