She pulls a flat pan from the fridge
crinkle flash sunlight
skitters off crumpled foil
Both sneakers squeak as my nose and one
hand leans into a cut square and lifts
Lips smother it's cool sweet density
as eyes unfocus then roll back
teeth glance off a walnut and server off
the chunk my mouth twirls and mixes
Fudge sugared buttered melted chocolate
my tongue wallows like a pig in mud
Dad's words a dentist's sugary warning
of dietary debauchery hover in the
back of my swallow
I look up beg with wide eyes
for another as the guilt of
the first one loiters brown
on the walls of my throat