04-02-2023, 10:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2023, 11:08 PM by Quixilated.)
Just Desserts
My brother always liked to tease
especially at meals, and especially
the sisters who were boarding with us.
He pretended it was “etiquette”
to “steal from the right and pass to the left”
(by that he meant food from his own plate).
He would snatch the best bits and bites from Jane
then pass all his vegetables to Gayle
(who, inexplicably, dutifully ate them).
One glorious evening he was in rare form,
and thought he saw a golden opportunity.
On Jane’s plate he spied one single almond,
a treasure set aside perhaps to savor later.
Quick as lightening his hand shot out
and popped the stolen nut into his mouth.
His smile dropped, his face went green.
Jane laughed in horrified confusion,
“David! Why did you eat my olive pit?”
My brother always liked to tease
especially at meals, and especially
the sisters who were boarding with us.
He pretended it was “etiquette”
to “steal from the right and pass to the left”
(by that he meant food from his own plate).
He would snatch the best bits and bites from Jane
then pass all his vegetables to Gayle
(who, inexplicably, dutifully ate them).
One glorious evening he was in rare form,
and thought he saw a golden opportunity.
On Jane’s plate he spied one single almond,
a treasure set aside perhaps to savor later.
Quick as lightening his hand shot out
and popped the stolen nut into his mouth.
His smile dropped, his face went green.
Jane laughed in horrified confusion,
“David! Why did you eat my olive pit?”
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara