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Honey Bun

Honey Bun

A Food Poem.

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Daniel Henderson
Feb 14, 2024
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brown bread on brown wooden tray
Photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash
With the luxurious texture
of silk bed sheets, fresh
from mechanical waters,
bleach beaten and nestling
in spring-tide winds, bewitched
by the star that lacerates the nexus
where the sky and planet coalesce,
the honey melds itself to the nerves
of the tongue that has less grace and 
patience than eager clamoring ch…

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