Christmas Cookies

i drop off

at the church,

two bags of sugar,

unopened,

powdered and granulated.

a sack

of almond flour,

and unbleached white

flour.

baking soda

in a small red can.

a bottle of canola oil,

vegetable oil,

each unopened.

a tin of Crisco,

ten ounces of chocolates,

pecans

and walnuts,

a tiny bottle

of vanilla extract.

one roll of parchment

paper,

and six cookie cutters

in the shape

of snowflakes,

Santa,

Christmas trees

and reindeer.

i'll keep the butter,

but

i won't be making cookies

this winter.