Poem: "Synaesthesia Feast"

This is the freebie for the May 2012 Crowdfunding Creative Jam, which you can visit on LiveJournal or on Dreamwidth.  It was inspired by a prompt from stryck.

It is not the flavor of the food that he tastes,
but the color -- the pink lemonade
tastes the way roses should smell,
the yellow squash is like butter,
green beans have a piney tang,
and the cherry pie burns like chili peppers.

The flavors themselves provide the background music --
a symphony of trumpeting spices
over a steady beat of savory,
mellow vegetable woodwinds
and piercingly sweet strings.

It is not the same feast that everyone else is enjoying,
but it is just as good.