Broth

Oh broth! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love you with my mother and son and husband and family in a bowl of post-Thanksgiving turkey noodle soup.

I love you in my father’s and great aunt’s ab goosht, with bread and herbs.

I love you for taking me home via a bowl of Lanzhou lamian.

I love your comfort during lockdown— with saffron and noodles and duck.

I love you mingling with herbs and chard and chickpeas on an early spring night.

I love you with all the shellfish and salmon and peas too.

And I love you when you’re spicy and about to infuse a crab.

#broth, simultaneously the easiest and hardest @thegfw prompt yet.