I started the seeds in April: Taxi, Roma, Black Krim, Sweet Millions.
Today, in the greenhouse, it's Christmas.
I fill the blue colander with red and gold.
Fill a pot with water to cover them,
heat until the skins split.
Peel, put them in the blender with the basil.
Freeze.

My grandmother, her steaming kitchen.
She never told me what she knew.
I use her ladle, Rogers triple plate,
pitted and exquisite;
remember.

© by Wendy Morton.
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Photo by Wendy Morton.