Tonight's Poet Corner: Shaking Cream

Shaking Cream
by Belinda Roddie

pow, pop, sizzle, stir,
drizzle in the syrup, firm
the dough, and plow the cinnamon
with both hands
(and a spoon).

crack, sip, sigh of relief.
flour's in your hair, your cheeks are
chocolate-coated candies for your
lover to eat.

hush, calm, let it rise,
cake fork stuck below your eye.
the crumbs fall down your shirt
in a cheap but rocking flannel blur.
oops, watch the caramel dripping
down your neck, he stoops to kiss the
stickiness off your mother's
apron. beep. turn. lips.