From the collection And Don’t Come Back, 2021.

I’m putting these two poems together in one post because…well, read them and you’ll see why.

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Cake One

so many eggs
too thick in the bowl
sugar very thin
a marked flavor of
too much disappointment
I mark the recipe on the page:
Never make this cake again
you might as well eat grass

12/23/20

Cake Two

very light in the mixing bowl
nice and shiny wraps like a dream
Loves the oven and shows it
The bottom crisps
The interior floats
A delicious package this cake:
postmarked and delivered
to your plate
Perfect.

12/23/20