Over-salted

[Todd]

Hi Geoff,

I think one of the best parts of the poem is the title. The title is a metaphor for the one partner who's going alone with the other person gone. They try to move in the old familiar patterns, but the result is over-salted. From the outside everything may look the same, but it's not.

The recipe has gone missing,
the loose-leaf your pen flowered--I really liked pen flowered
with ink lace. The taste of your absence--ink lace is nice. It's an interesting way to describe a delicate writing style
capsized the cobbler, sinking it--I'm unsure about a taste collapsing something. I don't mind taste of your absence, but from a cause and effect standpoint it doesn't connect for me
into layers of tissues and peach--I like this line and the break. Optionally, you could pull up into layers to the previous line. Just a thought nothing more.
peels in the garbage,
the lost words hanging,--consider cutting hanging
voiceless as laughter in a frame.--I love this line. Great ending

Nice poem Geoff. I enjoyed the read.

Best,

Todd