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Anticipation opus 982

7 November 2026 1245 Hours Psychology, Behavior, Custom, Diet, Poetry
The scent of Bar-B-Que.
Salivary glands become active.
Instead of anticipating that to come,
Most would  wait only long enough
To tear into the cooked flesh
With a blind and furious hunger.

To hold back is a learn-ed blessing.
Anticipation builds character.
Anticipation demands forethought
And the added joy of waiting,
Giving a further dimension
To the inevitable mastication to come.
Use the olfactory sense as an overture,
Followed by the main act of the taste.