Mimi Leblanc was a tough old crone
even a onion couldn't make her cry
she saw everything clear though she
only had one eye I asked her how she
lost it she told me but I think it was lie
she was so mean everyone left her alone
she had a grimoire in her armoire I asked
what it was for she told me "NUNYA"
one day she was gone I was home alone
I open the armoire took out the grimoire
flipped through the pages never seen
a book like this before she had more
recipes than cooks in New Orleans
I went where I shouldn't go I had the
need to know I wondered did the
pastor know Mimi had a alter in the
vestibule I don't know why but that
night I ate all my vegetables it was
as if something inside me changed
I no longer had the taste for the same
things I Knew to life there were more
things than what I was seeing for
the first time it felt like I was seeing
I took something from that armoire
something she didn't notice was gone