The Bitter Truth

There once was a bakery

Possibly a “cakery”

I don’t remember which,

But I know there was a hitch.

Once upon a time

A few mistakes ago

Cocoa powder called my name.

It was all but a game

when I engulfed a spoonful.

Coughing.

Choking.

Hacking.

Puffing like I was coocoo for cocoa puffs.

Twas a bitter enlightenment

In my entitlement.

~Ann Marie