Life is Like an Onion

“Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep”

- Carl Sandburg

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Life is like an Onion

It makes you cry
and it looks really crappy
but once you peel off that first layer
it starts to look a little better
(still makes you cry though)
but as soon as you put in in a pot
filled with water
and spice
and salt
and a little “kharpudi”
maybe even some cooked split lentils and some cilantro
and a curry leaf or two
and simmer that baby for about fifteen
minutes
it tastes
like life is supposed to taste like

It tastes like love and excitement and home and happiness
and you’ll find that you
keep coming back for
a little
more.