Gift
Tart lemon
glazed cookies. Flavors
arriving
hand in hand
The sweet word mellowing sharp
The acerbic face
who smiles first.
Hello. I predict
your visit
will be short
Your partnership is too good
to last beyond lunch.
3/7/19
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I love the way the lemon cookies are a metaphor for those people who can be sweet on the veneer but sharp underneath. In Scotland we call them “nippy sweeties”.
I love that. Nippy sweeties is a fantastic description. I have always liked lemony treats – I don’t like oversweet things and I love the tartness of a lemon glaze, say…
That is another thing we have in common. I also love sour sweets. My favourite when I was wee were called Soor Plooms which had a very sharp apple-like flavour.
I always liked lemon drops. Just simple lemon drops. The apple ones you describe, hmmm, I would like to try them.