Graham Cracker Cake
- First, whip a pint of whipping cream until it starts getting thick.
- Add about a ½ cup of sugar and keep whipping.
- Add about 2 tablespoons of powdered chocolate and keep whipping.
- Then put a graham cracker on a dish and spread some of the whipped cream on it.
- Continue layering the crackers with the cream until it’s about 3 inches high.
- Use the rest of the whipped cream to frost the sides and pile the leftover on top.
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Graham Cracker Cake
The building
of children
is like erecting
a Graham Cracker cake
one careful layer
at a time.
Our kitchen table
was round
and I sat
next to my dad
the perfect place
for the first born
the one with his blue
eyes and curls.
Conversation twisted
in and around
like the scents
of the food
we were rapidly
devouring.
As a fifth-grader
I was the expert
on all things
and if I didn’t know
the answer,
my dad did.
Then Timmy asked
a question
and I opened my mouth
to show off
that I knew
the simple
answer
but my dad
answered first
and he was wrong.
I closed my mouth
and sat quietly
my heart
a crippled bird.
My mom brought
the dessert
to the table
and I noticed
that it was lopsided
and crooked.
I ate my piece
slowly
and wondered why
the whipped cream
tasted a bit sour.
4 comments:
from Therese L. Broderick -- I like how this poem has a different mood than the first -- more "sour." It's good that your series of poems (or sections of one poem) explore different moods. That's real family life, right? I also like that this poem features the father more than the mother, whereas the last poem seemed to me to do the opposite. So you're offering different facets on the same family, the same dining table. But boy, that graham cracker cake sounds good -- just like s'mores!
Your heart, a crippled bird... the moment we realize our parents are human... (and I suppose then, so are we!)
Thank you for a compelling read!
The first stanza really got me. I'm a sucker for a good analogy, I guess!
And I'm really loving the combination of recipe & poem, especially the forms the poems are taking, narrating a story connected to the recipe. I say don't stop with 5 of these; keep going until you've got a chapbook, because it's a fantastic format!
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