what are you doing?
a comparison between
apples & oranges
then for whimsy
a handful of figs
tossed into
the mix
— seriously?
palettes, at times
i’m certain radiate
delight as to what delectable
is selected — as their next
treat: sweet, bitter
or otherwise.
one year for christmas
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Photograph Credit, Purdy\’s, Himalayan Pink Salt Caramels |
i’d received a box of best
chocolates — i’d ever ravaged
in my life from my teita *
a salted caramel
& agave milk chocolate
truffle with sea salt sprinkled
a top — can i tell you how glee
riddled my tongue was?!
although, my thought
process is quite liberal
— my first reaction at the sight
of six or seven well adorned
freckles on my confection
was not too favourable — i’d
thought perhaps the chocolatier
had been driven
to an INSANITY
that would rival
camille claudel’s
nevertheless
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| Photo credit, Lindt |
one quality
of craziness
at times is pure
brilliance
mind you
chocolate has the potential
to force us to do strange
things — especially the ninety
percent cocoa lindt tablet…
my emotion towards
this bitter delicacy has never changed
however, i hold numerous fond recollections
of my teita before she passed
— how she\’d always sneak
that extra square
piece of bitter
chocolate
from the hidden tin
in the top drawer
of my parental units
antique buffet drawer
— when she\’d thought no
one could see her
“stealth mode”
one time
she even placed
her index finger
vertically across her lips
with an ever slight
“shhhhh”
*teita, grandmother in arabic
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