gas station catfish

gas station catfish

To Lyn Herndon Burmeister

we drove across new mexico

intended to stop at tucumcari

but none of the exit signs said we were there

so we drove past tucumcari

and needing gas pulled in a valero

in the middle of new mexican nowhere

..

the gas station had a convenience store

the convenience store had cornmealed catfish

and we were starving

..

and my beloved tennessee sweetheart

ate the catfish

and found it good

though perhaps shy

of the epic catfish she had had when young

..

granted it is improbable to find catfish of this caliber

at a gas station

but i just moved from phoenix arizona

where many delicious burrito had by me

came from a chevron station on 3rd and indian school

i mean–you never know