04-01-2017, 07:17 PM
First (And Last) Cherry Pie
Their crimson gleam was highlighted with maps
of burgundy and fuscia freckled bits;
each slender stem, a feather for their caps,
was firmly held above their stony pits.
As sifted flour fine-cut with butter chilled
each skin was sliced to let the pit escape,
vermilion flesh and juices slowly filled
the bowl. With rolling pin the crust took shape,
a golden sheet to line the hammered pan,
long strips, their edges crimped, all set to weave
a latticed top. The recipe got one last scan:
the missing almond extract was retrieved.
The oven timed our anxious hour's wait,
aromas of the crust and bubbling fruit
caused minds and mouths to salivate.
Then noses noticed trouble was afoot:
A t mistaken for a T! Say Nay!
Inedible, now stamped a Scarlet A.
Their crimson gleam was highlighted with maps
of burgundy and fuscia freckled bits;
each slender stem, a feather for their caps,
was firmly held above their stony pits.
As sifted flour fine-cut with butter chilled
each skin was sliced to let the pit escape,
vermilion flesh and juices slowly filled
the bowl. With rolling pin the crust took shape,
a golden sheet to line the hammered pan,
long strips, their edges crimped, all set to weave
a latticed top. The recipe got one last scan:
the missing almond extract was retrieved.
The oven timed our anxious hour's wait,
aromas of the crust and bubbling fruit
caused minds and mouths to salivate.
Then noses noticed trouble was afoot:
A t mistaken for a T! Say Nay!
Inedible, now stamped a Scarlet A.
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