Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Happy birthday to me!


Candles on the cake
My grandson asked,
Can I blow out the candles on your cake?
If you say yes, Oma, 
you can blow out the candles on my cake!

I'll have 5, he said. 
But you have more. 
You have alot! 
You have 20. 

More, I said. 
Many, many more. 

Oma, you are soooo lucky!


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Loaves and Loves


Now I notice breads
the way I once
noticed men

and the breads I favor
are much like the men
I used to love:

Large robust loaves
with crusty exteriors

and warm fluffy insides
that fill me up.


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