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# Gravy
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/gravy/
- Published: 2026-09-14T15:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:04:47.000Z
- Description: “Gravy,” a Monday appreciation of Sunday gravy, written Monday, September 14, 2026 poem 257 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Trio of Tomatoes, Certified and otherwise," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Corporate, Culinary, Dry Humor, Eating and Drinking, Generational, Homage, Humor, Lineage, Of Cooking, Of Place, Poems, Recipes for Life, Short-form Musings, All for Me, Colleagues, Coming Week, Farfalle, Husband, Italian, Late Summer, Lunch, Meatballs, Monday, Office Fridge, Paper Bags, Red Sauce, San Marzano, Sausage, September, Stakes, Sunday, Sunday Gravy, Take a Peek, Tomatoes, Tupperware, Waterfalls, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Monday's lunch container  
transparent, calling, saucy siren,  
she stands out in the office fridge  
among the Tupperware   
and crushed paper bags  
  
Sloshing at the brim,   
slick with equal parts pork fat and sauteed pride  
my glass container with push-top lid  
threatens to breach its borders  
  
My husband's Sunday gravy  
swims with Italian sausage  
and homemade meatballs,   
swirling in a sweetness from  
a secret ingredient you'll never guess   
poured in thick drippy waterfalls   
across a field of farfalle  
  
This culinary ritual,   
a slow, steady, focused   
weekend afternoon in the kitchen  
steeped in homage and herbs   
sets the stakes for the coming week  
  
So colleagues, you can look,   
go ahead, take a peek  
  
But please know  
it's all for me.