The Middle

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The oven lit our slow working process

and I think we were baking cookies

at midnight in the dim kitchen

We had forgotten the chocolate chips

and had to substitute them with m&m's

that you scrounged out from the cupboard

"What if everyone forgot everything

they were supposed to remember?"

I asked while cracking an egg

Flour was sprawled across the counter

my tongue-tied words were unknotting

and I was not sure if it was from the lack of sleep

You looked up from my hands

while two egg shells sat empty

but did not bother to throw them away

"As if I forgot your favorite color?"

And only remembered that you tie your shoes

with two bunny ears instead of one?"

I chuckled and flicked some flour at you

"Then I suppose the world wouldn't be so mad."

there was some dotted on your nose

I expected you to toss an m&m back at me

with your mischievous little ways

but you just sprinkled them into the bowl

as I kept stirring