Stir-Fries

I make shit stir-fries
no matter how hard I try

Who do I think I'm kidding
when I chop things in the kitchen?

I am not
a real adult
at all.

(I stop the conversation mid-sentence to taste the stir-fry.
"Oh shit," I want to cry. "I've put too much sauce."
"I could have told you that from the first drizzle," he says gently.)