Poetry
The Birthday Cake
A food haiku

Your yearly dessert number increasing quickly thinking back to first
My oldest son’s birthday was last weekend. Each year, I ask him, “What kind of cake would you like?”
I’m not sure why I ask because he always answers, “Reese Peanut Butter Cup ice cream cake!”
The only difference from the last? The number. This time number 15.
It feels like it was just yesterday when he tried his first piece of cake for his first birthday.
@2021 Ellie Jacobson
Inspiration
Thank you Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) for the food poem prompt!






