A Fantasy [Noms Edition]

Pad Thai might be the food of the gods

I don't know if that would make Thailand heaven

but they sure do have elephants there

so it might as well be heaven

and if Thailand was heaven 

then God? would ride a golden elephant 

and have an entourage of leopards

as he sits holding a large pot of pad thai

I would hope he eats it with his hands

when you're God chopsticks must be overrated

I'd love to be his right hand lime girl

I'd squeeze ample lime juice in his noodles to

you know

amp up the flavor

then maybe he'd offer me some

and I'd sit in heaven surrounded by bean sprouts, 

noodles, peanuts, and little bits of tofu

I'd wear a dress made out of lime rinds

and I'd smell like spring...

or just lots of limes

That is the fantasy I have every time I go to a Thai restaurant

as I sit drinking my cup of water (I'm too cheap to buy a soda)

maybe dipping some supple little dumplings into soy sauce

making sure to eat all the pieces of chives left at the bottom of the sauce

waiting for spring rolls

pockets of joy

and when the Pad Thai arrives

I'm on that elephant with God

in that lime rind dress

even though green is not my color.

[dedicated to Aiden who can come to Thai heaven too, except in a lemon rind loincloth]