Kitchen Door Revival

The flood left mud across the tiles We scrubbed for days without a smile Her mother used to own this place My friend just stared at empty trays Then someone brought a bag of rice She lit the stove and came alive Kitchen door revival Everybody gets a spoon Bring your appetite for living There's a little left for you The plumber stayed to chop the greens A teacher washed the dusty beans She made her mother's Sunday stew The street could smell the good news through Kitchen door revival Everybody gets a spoon Bring your appetite for living There's a little left for you We marked the water on the wall Below a photograph of us She didn't cover up the line She said, look how we all climbed up Kitchen door revival Everybody gets a spoon Bring your appetite for living There's a little left for you She wiped her hands and turned the key The first hot bowl was on me