Jeffree Skewes ~ Umami

it's been said sensory elegance 

tastes in between the lines

so why did we not know

it took most of history

just to grant a name 

veiled and secretly 
so few understood

until mr. Ikeda san
 reveled a culinary mystery

those missing vowels included

mushroom parmesans glutamates

shellfish tomatoes sea vegetables

 wa;nuts some would say coffee

even vegemite makes the cut

so desire's exquisiteness 

lays subtlety between

sweet and sour not

salt or bitter 

umami

image: Umami digital photograph / JS