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First Appeared in Pathways, 2004

Ambrosia From Heaven

The minute it touched my mouth,
I groaned in ecstasy.

Still warm from the oven, 
delicate, sublime flavor,
ethereal tongue talk.

For the first time
I fully understood the term,

     melt in your mouth.

I told her. I said, "Mattie,
it's ambrosia from heaven."

Every potluck dinner at church,
she brought it.

I never forgot her kindness,
or the wonderful taste
of Mattie Johnson's Chess pie.
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