CAFE ARRABIATA
hottest spot
East of Hell
fieriest repast
South of Io
searing flame
to grill that meat
spices to
turn your dish
into a culinary minefield
of torrid shocks
and surprises
incoming! those devil-red
fruit
tiny implings, the smaller
the fiercer
words and removed
taste buds
cauterized
crimson fire-crackers
evolution has taught
to be sharp
and forthright
censor nothing
they laugh at your pain
without guilt or shame
for they know a cool
tide follows
a swell with sweet waves
take you away
to the land of endorphin
and so it is
you learn to relish this place
every return
that temptation
to loosen
sensible restraint
to push the outside of the envelope
that combustible bit further