The Cake Fiasco
'Twas the night before Christmas and I
Totally forgot to bake a cake,
If my children came to know, oh my!
What a noisy ruckus they would make!
So I went to the kitchen and found
Sugar, eggs, raisins, butter and plum,
But I scoured and foraged all around,
No flour I saw, neither any rum;
It was after ten, all shops were closed,
How did one bake a cake without flour?
No problem I thought, let's stay composed,
Then an idea struck at that hour;
Why not make a healthy version cake?
With wheat flour and jaggery instead,
No one need know of my late mistake,
All will be fine and dandy, I said;
So I set about baking a cake,
A healthy one for my family,
It was gooey, but with a nice shake,
Placed it in the oven happily;
When it was done, it had a strange smell,
I did not mind it, I was weary,
Off to sleep I went, no one would yell,
Christmas morning woke up all cheery;
Celebrations enjoyed and gifts shared,
It was time for a sumptuous lunch,
And then the dessert I had prepared,
Every one bit into it and CRUNCH!
The cake was as hard as a flint stone,
Its taste bitter as cough medicine,
It was a lost cause, how we did groan!
And straight it went into the trash bin;
Now everytime Christmas comes around,
My children remind me of that cake,
And to my pride, it's a gaping wound,
Now we buy Christmas cake, never bake.
8th December 2022
For Joseph May's "The Night Before 3" contest
Copyright © Joanna Daniel | Year Posted 2022
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