Ode to the Spoon

Spoon,
scoop 
formed 
by man's 
most ancient hand, 
in your design 
of metal or of wood 
we still see 
the shape 
of the first 
palm 
to which 
water 
imparted 
coolness 
and savage 
blood, 
the throb 
of bonfires and the hunt. 
Little 
spoon 
in an 
infant's 
tiny hand,
you raise 
to his mouth 
the earth's 
most 
ancient 
kiss, 
silent heritage 
of the first water to sing 
on lips that later lay 
buried beneath the sand. 


Ode to the Spoon - Pablo Neruda (1957)

With few words, Neruda describes the genesis, design and usage of this small utensil.

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