and cookies

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you know,

we are all cookies.

sad but true-

cookies formed alike

by cutter molds:

all the same

all the same

all the same....

except, of course,

some are baked

a darker hue

and some still

soft and pale.

and most have chips

although, of course,

some have more

and some have less

than others.

and some have oats

and some have flour

and some have nuts

(take it as you will)

and some have none.

and some are made

with butter

sweet and tender,

some are made

with crisco

(how mundane),

and some

(the lesser cookies)

made with lard,

and turn out tasty,

(although greasy and of

questionable quality).

and some are even

fruity.... ooohhh, myyyy...

and then there are

the rest of us,

who crack and

crumble on the truck,

and lie and wait

in cookie silence

at the bottom

of the bag

for freedom,

light and air,

where no cookies

have gone before,

and none will go again.

and so we write

cookie poetry, 

and grin our

cookie grins. 

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