From the collection And Don’t Come Back, published in 2021.
Perplexing Recollections in Search of Resolution
You mention
the mythic calico of the apron I wore
the ulcerous permanence of the memory of
my omnivorous scheming that came to nothing
and
my addled impromptu attempts to remedy
the dispirited results. You remember that summer
and that kitchen? I am surprised.
Yes. I may have added the spices
with more enthusiasm than the recipe directed:
very gingerly
can mean more than one thing in cooking
can’t it? No?
And now I learn
take a grain of salt and take it with a grain of salt
are not the same thing. In any case
here is what I need to know:
has it changed your mind about the taste
of the cake I baked you
so long ago?
10/3/20
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I imagine this as a woman having a conversation in her mind about the past–and of questions that go beyond cooking.
I think there was definitely something that this lady was thinking over but will not say out in the open. I like thinking about how this is done and how often it happens in ordinary life.
Yes, that’s the way I pictured it.