Thu, 29 January

RECIPE FOR A WEDNESDAY IN WINTER Take one body. Pre-heat to 36.8°C. Layer meetings like phyllo—thin, overlapping, each one transparent enough to see the next through. Do not allow cooling time between layers. At 12:45, fold one meeting into the body of another. This will not work. Do it anyway. For the filling: 2 tbsp acupuncture (apply to the burgundy places) 1 golden task, completed (set aside; it will glow on its own) 98% humidity, unrelenting A storm system, left to prove overnight In a separate bowl, combine: plastic paint, three penguins, one bottle the particular exhaustion that tastes like tenderness Pour the domestic over the professional. Note how the terracotta bleeds upward. Note how the grey does not yield but does not win. Bake at the temperature of a body that has been upright since early morning. Serves one. Barely.