sometimes at night
we stroll the market aisles
ben and jemima and me they
walk in front    remembering this and that
i lag behind
trying to remove my chefs cap
wondering about what ever pictured me
then left me personless
Rastus
i read in an old paper
i was called rastus
but no mother ever
gave that to her son    toward dawn
we return to our shelves
our boxes    ben and jemima and me
we pose and smile   i simmer     what
is my name