Welcome to Amanda/Mandi week! Wait, this one is Just in Queso. Queso? See picture below. Thanks to her for guest post. Any other Amanda or Mandi out there contact me. 😉

Greetings, earthlings!

While Mark is on vacation this week (lucky bastard), he asked if I’d like to guest post for him, and I was excited and flattered to take him up on it! I have a blog over at Just in Queso, where I review a certain cheesy Tex-Mex dish at various central Texas restaurants, and I also write stories about my strange and often pointless shenanigans.

I like to keep things pretty lighthearted and fun over there. My blog is cheesy in more ways than one.

Anyway, Mark said I could write about anything I wanted, so I strongly considered writing an expose on hemorrhoids, just to mess with you all. However, I wanted to keep within the theme of his blog as much as possible, so I decided to write a poem.

I don’t normally write poetry, so it feels rather daring to do this on a blog that contains some beautifully-written material. Pointing and laughing at me is fine, but please don’t throw tomatoes. Those stains are really hard to get out 🙂

Yearning

I can’t seem to remember

The moment we first met

But I’m sure that I was starry-eyed,

And I haven’t lost that yet.

“Soul mate” is much too cliché

To describe how I feel about you.

Your beauty makes my insides flutter

Our love, though old, feels new.

When I’ve stressed, you’ve offered peace

On dark days, you’ve brought me light

You calm me, you complete me,

My friend on lonely nights.

I wait for you with anticipation

My fondest wishes, you fulfill.

You were made to bring me pleasure,

And you always will.

Every thought I have of you

Fills me with emotion

You’ve “set a seal upon my heart”

You have my full devotion.

You come in many varied forms,

So I’ll never have to tire.

Cold and hard, or warm and soft

And sometimes set afire.

Perhaps my favorite form of you

Comes melted in a bowl

With spices, veggies, and chorizo

Queso: you ignite my soul.

Shakespeare asked, “what’s in a name?”

I’d tell him, “Monterey Jack”

Or feta, brie, mozzarella

Even cheddar’s got my back.

There’s nothing like a piece of cheese

No matter my state of mind

It eases my pains, it brings me joy

No greater love than this I’ll find.

I love you, cheese.

Do you have any items that bring you such happiness, you could write a love poem about them? What foods (or other items) strike your fancy?

Big thanks to Mark for letting me to do this guest post, and to Mark’s readers for humoring my whimsical cheese-love! My goal was to find a “middle ground” between his blog theme and mine, so hopefully I succeeded. Please feel free to stop by Just in Queso and say hello!