Biscuits Should Not Bounce Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

biscuits should not bounce

I thought to myself in home ec

but mine do


there must be a rule spelled out like that

in a home ec textbook or two

and I knew


whether it was white sauce one or two

my lumps would be so obvious.

what else could I do


the other girls on onr team in the kitchenette

made breakfast. And let me pour the oj.

I could manage that. and butter the toast


of all my friends back then I loved them most.

thus they saved the day and my grade.

much thanks to God and the Heavenly Host.


mary angela douglas 14 april 2020