"How to Make a Summer Soufflé" by Kerry Rawlinson

How to Make a Summer Soufflé

Ingredients
- 1 male figure and 1 female figure*
- 1 large, hot Sun
- Sea-salt
- Water (may be ocean, lake or pool)
- Oil for broiling
- Spices of contentment
- Room of choice
- Liberal quantities of wine/ beer; Salsa/ cool jazz/ R&B
- Garnish of fresh flowers; freckles

Method
Place flower garnish in Room of choice.
Oil figures liberally placing on large towel in Sun.
Do not cover.
Add spices.
Sprinkle with freckles if desired.
Marinade with music & beverage of choice.

Allow figures to absorb Sea-salt during broiling.
Bake for most of the day, dunking occasionally in
Water and basting liberally with the oil.
(If coating becomes too red, they are overcooked).

Remove from Sun and place in pre-garnished
Room on couch, bed, or other soft surface.

Rub figures together with increasing frequency
until something rises, and/or catches fire.
(Serves 2*)

* Genders and quantities may be interchangeable

Kerry Rawlinson is a mental nomad & bloody-minded optimist who gravitated to Canada from Zambia. Honorably mentioned in Proverse Press and Fish Poetry prizes, she’s placed in others, e.g. Bridport, Canterbury Poetry; Room; National Poetry Society and Palette. Recent work: UCity Review; Drunk Mnkeys; Passager; Wild Roof Journal; Suburban Review; Topic Take Up; Grain; Freefall; Rochford St. Review; Prism Review; Event Poetry; Prairie Fire, and more. She’s still barefoot, still drinking too much (tea). You can follow her work on kerryrawlinson.com and with the tag @kerryrawli on social media.