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Daily Conversation over a Breakfast of Marmalade on rye
His voice brings to my mind the intoxicating substance stored in my kitchen shelf – packed tightly and sealed close inside two hundred and sixty-five of my Grandma Betsy’s vintage jars. (Yes, I counted. Yes, accurately. No, I’m not a mathematician but I can count. Yes, I am sure.)
Lore of a secret recipe our ancestors passed down for decades. (Inarguably the best one in town.)
I start off each day with a meal of marmalade spread on rye
At the very moment the rooster crows, signalling the beginning of the day
I find myself seated at the kitchen table with my legs crossed, eyes marvelling sunrise, teeth nibbling on my breakfast things.
I remember telling my Grandma Betsy…
About how
His name feels like a secret that tingles on the edge of one’s wintry lips,
It seeps unto my taste buds, then blooms as if ripe fruit on my tongue.
I felt like I just died and floated up to heaven.
I savor the sweetness of his words,
It’s so authentic,
pleasant and
Non-artificial
I keep craving for more
But
There’re only two hundred and sixty-five jars of marmalade jam left in store
Two hundred and sixty-five jars of marmalade jam
I won’t ever have enough of.
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