Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

The chocolate-covered strawberries 
Were free, as a promotion.
My friend gave me a coupon - "Use it
If you've got the notion."

I brought them home and ate a few
Then stuck them in the freezer.
I didn't love them but I said I did,
So it would please her.

That was a year ago and I'd
Forgotten they existed,
But when I found them, tossing them
Was something I resisted.

You see, my friend who'd coupon-shared
No longer is alive.
It seems ironic that these treats, though,
Managed to survive.

They hardly take up any room
Behind the ice cube tray
So that is where, at least for now,
Those strawberries will stay.

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Maurice Rigoler July 23, 2016 at 7:06 PM Won't they develop freezer burn, Ilene? I do not cafe for chocolate covered strawberries, preferring them a la Nature and the homegrown variety which where I live last one month. The store bought kind are tasteless, hard, and expensive. Thanks for reading about the ornithologist. / M

Jean Murray July 23, 2016 at 3:43 PM Like the lock of hair we give bereaved parents of stillborn infants, comfort comes from earthly things when others are no longer of this earth Ilene. Beautiful piece.

Vera Duggan July 22, 2016 at 8:09 PM Hi ilene, wow chocolate covered strawberries, love them and what a lovely piece you have written about them, this is one delightful read my friend as all your reads are. take care........Vera

Nette Onclaud July 22, 2016 at 7:07 PM ilene, how enlightening is this piece.. your story enchants and i like how this was developed... huggs

Jan Allison July 22, 2016 at 2:24 PM I'm sure you will always think of her whenever you see them lurking in the freezer - so often it is little things like this that stick in our mind and remind us of those no longer with us:-) hugs jan xx