we will wait
for the apple blossoms
to swell, pregnant and fat
and will not tire of
apple picking time
when that time has come
at last
there will be a time for pie
and even piemaggedon
will not slake my thirst
and when the last ones fall
the bruised
and insect ruined
the deer will feast
and thank us
with little piles
of presents
Tag: pie
it’s just dessert (20210418)
there is a hierarchy of baked goods
beginning with crackers and ending
with pie
these are laid out on the y axis
you might want to include
the umami to amai trajectory
on the x axis
but this is based wholly on personal
preference
while pie’s superiority is absolute
the mind’s pie (20170705)
summer strolls through
my backyard
leaving peaches fall
baking in the sun
attended by fig beetle and
squirrel
overwhelming sweet fermenting scent
fills the air
a thousand pies all at once
i long
for the taste of melting
ice cream on my tongue
the coarse grains
of the vanilla bean
a car
on the freeway honks
and i pretend it’s
one of lake geese
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