Egad! I’ve done it again,
this fudge looks kind of funny,
and I’ve got to run!

Dang it, let me see that recipe,
handwritten, smudged, practically
pulled from a binder falling apart!

Shouldn’t have put Jewel on so loud,
but, god, her voice, so fudgily warm…
It makes all the stirring achingly worthwhile!

Sugar, salt, butter, here it is!
Not a whole can of evaporated milk,
just 2/3 cup!

(…Idiot…)

I’ve got to sharpen the wording here,
but I can’t right now, poured out the sludge,
I’ll do it later, meeting a friend for lunch!

Erin Moen
12/12/03
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