How to Make Lasagne
First, assemble your ingredients. Be sure that all are fresh and the best quality that you can afford.
Second, go for a walk. Stroll to the pine forest at the top of the lane. Stay for 30 minutes. Lay down, shut your eyes. 25 minutes. Then, when you are ready, open your eyes, watch clouds separate through the branches. 5 minutes
Third, pick out four images that you wish to use. Slowly retrace your steps.
Fourth, return to the kitchen. Layer your thoughts.
Fifth, put the dish in the oven. Gas mark 5. 30 minutes
A Lesson About Spiders, for Traditionalists
Don’t pull out their legs, whether one by one or two by two.
Don’t tread on, squash or thwack them.
Don’t dissect or bisect the spider, that one in the hall, that larger one under the sink.
I’m telling you this because I know something about spiders that you don’t – about spiders and about many things.
Should you ignore this teaching, you will have the blood of kings, the blood of queens, the blood of the Empire on your hands – for a spider’s blood turns blue at the point of death.
• Katrina Naomi is studying for a Creative Writing MA at Goldsmiths.
