Sushi: A Study in Contrast

Sushi: A Study in Contrast

How about sushi?

How about never, she said.

Table for one. (sigh).

The Complaint

Do I lack some level

Of sophistication?

I guess…

Because a piece of

Raw fish

Wrapped in rice and

Seaweed

Just doesn’t set my

World on fire.

My sister

And daughter

And many friends

Tell me I’m missing out

On the earth moving delectability

Of Sushi.

But there is no FOMO

Here.

And frankly, the price

For the privilege

Of choking down

Something that 

Unappetizing is, well,

Unappetizing as well.

So, I will continue to

Exist in my blissful

Tasteless existence.

Subsisting on the food

Of the great unwashed masses

And leave my portion

To the “cool people”

The Rebuttal

Sushi is cool,

In fact, I first dipped my toe

Into the sushi ocean

With the simple California roll.

Come on, he said, just try it.

The next thing I knew

I couldn’t get enough.

It was all you can eat, all the time.

Shrimp tempura roll?

Yes, please!

Salmon nigiri? I’ll take 2

Extra wasabi, no ginger.

That went on for a solid year,

Then came the crash of 2008.

Sushi became the stuff of birthdays and holidays.

And, you know,

Days when I was feeling

A little flush.

My sister is currently

a non-believer

And continues to resist.

Come on, it’s just a California roll.

Give it a try…