Cake

I baked you a cake. I know it's not your birthday and we don't know each other yet but I made this

for you. I know you're going to like it. I put all my favorite things inside so your tongue can learn

these things I like. I blew the candles out and made a wish for you while I was licking the batter from my

fingers. I wished for you. Made a wish for you. I wished for something for you. You are something

of a wish I made while I was licking the batter from my fingers. Would you like some of this wish

I made with my fingers and batter on my tongue? I know it's not your birthday but I made this batter

like a wish for you. I burned the candles in my bedroom. Mixed the batter on my back and baked it

with the heat in my belly. I made this heat for you. Burned my belly with a wish for you. I know

you're going to like these things I know. I made a wish and put all my favorite things inside you then

blew your candle into furnace flame. I made this bedroom out of cake for you. I know you don't know

this room but I know you're going to like it. I made this belly for your back to lick with your fingers

so your tongue can learn these things I like. I like you. Made this batter from my heat for you. Would you

like some? I'd like to know you like my tongue. My fingers want to know the favorite things you like.

I burned this room like a candle for you. It's not your birthday but make a wish for me.

I am a birthday cake burning like a candle for you. Each one is a promise I made

for you. Our tongues don't know each other yet. Make a wish. Put all your favorite

things inside my belly. We'll bake each other with the heat from our fingers.

Make a bedroom from my back and know these things I like.

Let’s wish furnace. Let’s make batter. Let’s

bake a cake together.

 
Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan

Emily Rose Kahn-Sheahan lives in Chicago where she hosts and curates the Mental Graffiti poetry series and Real Talk Live when she’s not converting coffee drinkers to the amazing world of loose tea. Her work has recently appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, Compose, After Hours, Jet Fuel Review and TimeOut Chicago. Her chapbook, "Cigarette Love Songs and Nicotine Kisses" was published by Cross+Roads Press.

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