the crumbs beckon…

 

 

not just cookies…

 

Don’t reach for the last one,

not yet,

let the full taste linger,

let the crunch

   become a munch,

let the crumbs beckon,

lick your fingers

   one last time,

then go ahead.

Do it.

Eat the last macaroon.

Say “thank you!”

   right out loud,

let everyone hear it!

 

May 25, 2025

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2025 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: An Empire on the Edge

by Nick Bunker

The British wanted to win

       the Revolutionary War,

    but they had good reasons

        for not trying too hard…

click here

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As with another eye: Poems of exactitude with 55 free verse and haiku poems,

and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)

and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”

 

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