Making A Cake In Time Of War Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

making a cake in time of war,
the yellowing scrip scrap read:
one fairy sparrow's egg

so lightly cracked
the Enemy won't hear you then
a few dried raisins, scanter meal

just for the memory;
a teaspoon of whatever
you have left

from the orange slice candy bag
you bought last summer
a day war was declared

and you cried by the snowbush flowers
in the hedge.

bake in the sun, if you dare.
then, eat quickly
with nothing to spare

washing it down with dreams, .
a sudden snowfall.

mary angela douglas 20 december 2015