Why is my existence so short?
I get created in a bowl,
First with flour and butter.
Loving fingers rub through me,
Caressing me as one would
Caress the form of a loved one.
The butter and flour are as one
Together forever.
The sweetness of sultanas
Are added to enhance the rapture
Found in my being.
Then some milk enters me,
And I become one smooth body
Laid out on a board.
And gently caressed until
I am flattened and ready
Ready to be cut
Into individual bodies.
The birth of my offspring is nigh.
Into a nice warm oven
We are placed
And rise as the heat overcomes us.
At last we are fully risen
And our birth happens
As we slide onto the tray.
But almost as soon as we are born
We are killed
As a knife slices through us!
We are smeared with butter
And if lucky, jam.
Our maker then eats us.
Why cannot we scones
Live a longer life.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Home made scones are so succulent. In th video it is so good to see young people playing classical music.
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Comments4
Do you add fruit to them, or keep them plain?
Normally plain, occasionally I make cheese scones as well.
Andy
A lovely metaphor Andy all with the thought that we are reabsorbed into the maker. Lovely
Thank you soren, most kind.
Andy
My pleasure Andy
Well done, Andy. Some humor on a Saturday morning.
Thank you Jerry.
Andy
I just wonder who the creator of such succulent scones could possibly be.....
I have been cooking for seventy years so it may well be me Dave. I cooked my first meal when I was seven, dad was at work and mum was not very well and was in bed and from her bed she taught me how to cook roast chicken for the Sunday lunch.
Andy
Great, Andy. When I left home the only domestic thing I knew was how to wipe up. Mum always did the washing up)!!!
When my brother and I left home we could do all the household chores. My brother and I were very competitive in racquet sports but nowadays if we go to him for dinner he will cook me the best meal I have ever had and if they come to us I will cook him the best meal he has ever had. LOL
Andy
Bon appétit.
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