Making chocolate brownies in 1964

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’...