Seated at a table for a digestible ingest,
Recent memories are serving harbingers of the past;
To abate the current stressors causing such the reverie,
Affective flavors stimulate the disgruntled company.

Goat stock and a spoon of the coarse sea salt,
Carrots and vine ripes support the result:
Augmented by celery, tiger bell pepper,
Torn minute steaks, garlic clove, arrowroot, butter.
Wide egg noodles, with the above, adds a clingy-density, while
Pecorino romano enlivens a sentimental smile.

Combined--cold sparkling mineral water with chocolate mint tea,
Does not detract from the news reports of protests premonitory.
Yet, this home-cooked meal taints the thoughts (malevolent lingering),
Enough so to manage an outlook, to keep on functioning.