Breakfast Sonnet

by Mary Anne Simpson

Preparing Breakfast is Like Sex

Both require attraction and a coupling

of ingredients. Appearances matter

First impressions flatter, Cuisine

Intoxicates the senses with fragrances

Of Fiji pears Raspberries jam

Smothering in cream cheese; enfold

Caressing tender fruits, gently placed


On a baguette, titillate the taste buds

And satiate the gullet.

Bubbling spirits, champagne flutes

Pay homage to Bacchus,

Obliterate all deep-seated restraints.

A rendezvous of epic ecstasy

Two hearts rejoice.

Sing praises of unity, a culmination

Of sensory delights destined

For a stellar engagement.