Made some yesterday too ...
Making chocolate brownies in 1964
Her kitchen smells of
chocolate
all afternoon,
warm, intense and welcoming
it wraps her in comfort
like a cosy quilt
on a winter night.
She smiles as the radio plays
top ten tunes and
sings along to
‘You were made for me’
from Freddie and the Dreamers
as she melts chocolate
and butter to make a creamy
mass,
adds muscovado,
eggs and pecans.
She stirs in flour gently and
bakes
while ‘Sweets for my sweet’
plays on the chart show.
The scent of chocolate has
travelled
all the way from Peru to fill
her home
with notes of vanilla, red
fruit and honey.
She will turn out this decadence
for her ‘Brown eyed handsome
man’
and add the sharp of
raspberries on the side.
She dreams of the moment
he will come home
to fill his mouth with her
sweetness;
and while she waits she listens
to the week’s hit songs ...
‘Secret love’, ‘A Hard Day’s
Night’,
as she breathes the scent of
chocolate
she wonders when he will come
home to her ...
‘I only wanna be with you’ ...
‘Anyone who had a heart’...
If he will
come home to her...
‘Not fade away’ ... ‘not fade
away’...