Another one of your great poems where you take a simple object and give it life through your poetry.

I love the way you can write in fine detail something that we all miss in our busy lives.

It has great imagery, great detail and quite sad in places. great poem again.

This has me craving vanilla wafer crusted banana pudding pie. Yum.

I will say the title, while it gave specifics as to what you're talking about, didn't really match with the tone of the poem. I read the title earlier thinking it'd be a funny poem, or something in misc, but you surprised me with in being this tone. It was a bit misleading and if I didn't read all your work, honestly the title wouldn't have caught my attention.

But then you get into the meat of the poem and I absolutely love how you referred it back to childhood, as it always does with me. Your tone is so reminiscent and has so many unknowns and unsure-ness (not a word I know lol) about it. It's really a great poem!

Everyone, at one point, is deceived;
like how you once called my hair auburn
though I had never touched fire.

^ This can be a poem ALONE.

It's technically my favorite part of your poem.

I think you have played on the word: auburn .. probably taking only the 'burn' part and relating it to 'fire'... that's why the result 'deceived'.... BEAUTIFUL, MaryAnne...

this is so creative.

Anyway.. let's go back to the poem... I didn't expect you'd turn out the plot to the 'childhood' part.. I was surprised, even wished for a subtle transition to be there....

but in the 2nd read, I think 'wafers' just pave the way to childhood...

Amazing write!

I find this poem to be very interesting.. You did a great job here. The title made me curious as to what this could be about, I'm glad I decided to read it. I love this poem because it sort of brings me back to my childhood and those cookies.. I love how you mention not bothering to take bites, swallowing what could have been pieces.. so true... yet throughout this poem there seems to a deeper meaning.. IDK maybe it's just me, regardless, very nice poem. Great job

I totaly agree wid Darren..
U gave life to a simple object..