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Zuri's Soul Food Kitchen

This is the Kitchen of Souls… where Sweetie sings, and your heart finds its way home.”

By Vicki Lawana Trusselli Published about a year ago • 1 min read
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This is a part of OUTSTAGES CAFE, a paranormal virtual event. Step into the Echoes Beyond the Veil with Pookie and Vicki.

This a and will include actual footage of our experiences.

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Zuri’s Soul Food Kitchen

Memories with Zuri

I stir with memory, I cook with grace

A dash of rhythm, a slow embrace

Sweetie’s blinking, setting time

This pot holds stories, yours, and mine

We serve sweet soul stew

With echoes in the brew

Cornbread dreams and healing beans

Every bite pulls spirits through.

Yams for longing, okra for light

Greens for tears that healed our fight

Sweetie’s perched, the rhythm’s deep

As grandpa’s voice begins to speak.

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We serve sweet soul stew

With echoes in the brew

Fried love and peppered grace

Each plate a prayer in warm embrace.

Zuri, hums by the window light

Her feathers catch the shades of night

She blinks twice, the portal hums

Souls arrive, the kitchen drums.

We serve sweet soul stew

The music makes it true

Past and future in each taste

Zuri’s love won’t go to waste.

Grandpa’s Narration Outro (calm, rich tone)

“This kitchen… it doesn’t just feed.

It remembers. It forgives.

This is the Kitchen of Souls…

where Sweetie sings,

and your heart finds its way home.”

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written, created, edited by

Vicki Lawana Trusselli

copyright 2025

California

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Vicki Lawana Trusselli

I am 76 year old California mythic storyteller blending lived truth, technology, and sovereign survival into multimedia art.

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    Written by Vicki Lawana Trusselli