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Sweet Croissants

almond-croissants-set-of-15-cSweet Croissants

Sweet croissants, sweet croissants
powder-sugared sweet croissants
morning run to Good Life Grocery
pining for some sweet croissants
The bins were empty, delivery was late
no luck for any sweet croissant
chocolate, plain or almond crusted
for my baby sweet croissant
Read the papers, chatted with the clerk
she said her boyfriend would never run
out unshaven

to buy her a sweet croissant

At 7:30 they came smiling
chocolate, plain and almond crusted
Took them home and told my baby
how I waited for the sweet croissants
She gave me a kiss, patted my cheek, said,
Someone’s sweetheart is always sweeter
than one’s own sweet croissant

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

 

Photo credit: Williams-Sonoma

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The Healing Sugar

Popping the last chocolate in my mouth, I’m done eating sweets until, until…  The temptation has been non-stop in the winter months.  Sweets can take away depression and wonderful when consumed in the dark (and alone).  I remember being inconsolable at a friend’s funeral.  As we walked out of the church the ushers handed everyone a candy.  I stopped crying right then and there.

And of course Valentine’s Day is loaded with sugar.  It may be the sweetest day of the year.  Just thinking of it makes my teeth ache.  But perhaps it is because of all the sugar I’ve been having.  My dentist will smile when he sees me.  I’m sure of it.

Photo from sodahead.com.

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