Test Lab

I just throw stuff at the refrigerator—

the noodles may stick even when they’re al dente.
See you later, alligator!

You were always quite the masticator—
chewing everything down to a paste with your dainty
nippers, white as a refrigerator

door. When I celebrated my Sader,
the only thing that didn’t stick was the potato gnocchi.
See you later, ball-o’-tater!

I can’t be a lactator—
my chest’s no ripening gourd of plenty—
but there’s milk in the refrigerator.

I threw a piece of English cheddar
at the refrigerator and it bounced into the pantry.
See you later, cheese-abuser!

Every cook needs a stick-o-meter—
something that tells them when the dish is ready.
That’s why I just throw stuff at the refrigerator.
See you later, hasenpfeffer!