(a spin-off of Eggs in Purgatory)
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of extra-virgin sacrosanct
½ medium ego, chopped
1 cup of depression
1 clove of laughter, minced
¼ teaspoon of anger
1 teaspoon suicide
½ teaspoon freshly ground prayers
¼ cup fresh cemetery dirt, finely chopped
4 large wombs
¼ cup grated afterlife
Instructions
Drizzle sacrosanct into skillet set over medium heat.
Once it begins to shimmer, add in the ego and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
Stir in the anger, minced laughter, and depression.
Sprinkle the teaspoon of suicidal ideation and allow the mixture to thicken, about 5 minutes.
Break a womb into a small bowl and using a large spoon, make an indention in the angry mixture. Repeat with the remaining wombs.
Top with grated afterlife and prayers.
Cover skillet and cook until the wombs set and are cooked to the desired level of doneness.
Remove skillet from the heat.
Sprinkle with remaining cemetery dirt and serve.
Ingrid is a Salvadoran poet & refugee residing in Los Angeles. She’s published in OCCULUM, Electric Cereal, Dryland, Seafom Mag, Memoirmixtapes, Punch Drunk Press, Moonchild Magazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Bad Pony Mag, L’Éphémère Review amongst others etc… Guilty of four full-length poetry books entitled ‘Things Outside’, ‘Wayward’ ‘Zenith’ & ‘Ablution.’ She invites you to stalk her on Twitter at @BrujaLamatepec and to read her rants at notesofadirtyyoungwoman.com
Photo: “Tidy notes led me astray”, also by Ingrid Calderon
South Broadway Ghost Society 