The Chili That Died In My Freezer

Cooking for one can be difficult

Washing pots and pans

After just one meal

Tedious

So I started cooking big pots

Of stews and soups

Putting them in containers to freeze

Handy

One day the freezer was full

But of what

I had neglected labels

Mysterious

Those that had become, politely

Freeze dried, their liquids zapped

Into ice crystals on top

Tossed

Some were not identifiable

While others bore a slight resemblance

To what they had been

Desiccated

I found the chili way in the back

Dried little beans sticking up

I buried them

Sadly

© 2007 Krystall Knobbs