We met Buratta in
a dish of sliced peaches
ripe and white, sprinkled
with basil and balsamic
on toasted baguette
in a narrow, sun-lit
small-plates
restaurant
its entrance at its side, away
from the street, in a brick-lined
alleyway graced
with vines
and Koi tanks
orange-and-white
speckled mouths just breaking
the divide
between their world
and ours.
Tina Harrach Denetclaw is a clinical pharmacist specializing in critical care and emergency medicine. Her work has appeared in Eclectica Magazine, Silver Birch Press’ Poetry and Prose… from Prompts series, Leading the Way: The Wisdom of the Navajo People, and Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine.
