Wednesday, September 25, 2024

maybe why the cake failed

maybe
i didn't stir the batter
long enough,
maybe
i didn't
put an extra egg in
like the recipe
suggested,
or i put
too much
flour
or sugar into the mix.
maybe i shouldn't
have opened the oven
so much
to check on it,
or kept sticking
toothpicks
into the soft unrisen
skin.
or maybe i took
it out too early.
maybe the heat was
too low,
too high,
or maybe i just didn't
love her
the way she wanted,
from the very
beginning.
i don't know.

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