The Joy of Cooking

    Yikes. I just know that I would not want to be the speakers' brother or sister in The Joy of Cooking by Elaine Magarrell.  Obviously the speaker thinks that his/her brother does not have a heart.  It is more evident when it is said that "my brother's heart barely feeds two" (16).  The speaker obviously thinks his/her brother has a small heart and does not care for anyone.  The speaker appears to be bitter and angry.  I mean, why else would he/she want to have someone's tongue or heart?  This poem was kind of disturbing, but I guess that is what it was suppose to do. The speaker gets joy out of this, and honestly that is so gross.  I do find any joy in that poem at all.  I really hope that this poem was not really written for someone's brother or sister.