eme celis

sacha

to mary-anne boermans, the great british bake off season 2 runner-up

you've got dimples, having won/and a tuft of hair stuck to your ankle/and everything worth preserving/for a moment/to be edited into/something resembling a narrative/growth/or rather rise/development of flavor/of consistency/jam-like/spread on toast/scraped off burned bits/and covered in bitter oranges/crumbs drowning in sweet viscosity/vinegar murdering yeast/not disastrous/but a shame really/we would've preferred it to be more/dainty/not so/rustic/for it has been elevated/shown to be truly/an artform/excess and refinement/folded over and rolled into flaky layers/rested overnight/and shaped into the moon/when it smiles upon the nation like a freshly cut fingernail/not bloody but perfect/and shiny/a mirrorlike finish on dark chocolate/and a daughter's name written on it/instead of the correct word/brought to the tasting table/to be judged blind