Wait for it to cool down

Hotpot head and broth for brains

Bones always boiling. Blowing off steam

Delicious heat smelting everything

Silverware, ore seasoning

And meat, made molten

Too hot to eat; clenched by teeth

Cautiously prodded with tongue

Taste buds scorched; meal zero sum.

Published by Edge of Humanity Magazine

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