Bite

Increase the volume!
I want strong tastes,
pure, saturated colours,
I want turmeric, saffron,
green olive oil,
fat pink peppercorns, baby capers,
foods that burst when you bite them,
foods enhanced by sunshine,
and their proximity to the sea.
Seeds that hiss and crackle,
that pop and sizzle,
and are not,
necessarily,
good for you.
Foods that burn when you bite them.
Foods that spill out
of the contours that define them.
Foods that bite you back.