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POEM: My Boyfriend Wants to Bake Bread

My Boyfriend Wants to Bake Bread

Tesco has run out of flour,
so we buy flowers instead.

When we get them home
and into the red hourglass vase,

I video call my sister
to show them to my nieces.

I’ve been waiting to see you
forever, says my oldest niece.

How long is forever? I ask her,
How many days in forever?

I know it has been 25 days
since I last saw her in person.

Her four-year-old eyes
stare at me blankly, then,

Chase me! instructs her
1,471-day-old mouth.

She runs around laughing,
still holding the phone.

I’ve got something to show you.
I say. I flip my phone’s camera.

Can you smell these flowers?
I hold my camera over a pink one.

She brings her nose closer
to the screen and inhales.

She smiles and says, I can!
Now, I want to smell the yellow ones.

Original of the video here

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