This Poem was Submitted By: Molly Johnson On Date: 2001-09-30 01:55:26 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Fried Yum and a Split Milkshake

Tired from work, my mother, driven to distraction by her two-year old and a husband with a wanderlust, gave up on home cooking  for just one night. I hadn’t guessed  that the Food Fair’s  fountain counter was anything but ice cream heaven. She stacked me on a stool  and cradled baby Clay close  while the cook served up grilled cheese  french fry specials. Who knew that behind the  pastry smell of the tiny bakery was a small town  baker with fry cook dreams?  We passed simple fare between us  dipping in and trying hers, then mine.  Her tired laugh made a date of it, a secret budget blowing splurge. Fried yum and a split milkshake. Clay was cooing so rare and quiet it seemed to be us alone,  on the maiden voyage of our  mother daughter food ritual.

Copyright © September 2001 Molly Johnson


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