If that's all you need why not call CGI::Cookie or CGI::Simple::Cookie directly? You don't need to call CGI/CGI::Simple at all as these modules have their own APIs....

use CGI::Cookie;
use Data::Dumper;
my %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n", Dumper \%cookies;
[download]

cheers

tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print