Chocolate As Inspiration and Art
(Inspired by Lagusta’s Luscious in New Paltz)
We appeared to be provisional citizens of an avoidable misunderstanding,
furious vulvas, indeed!
While the confections proceeded with unofficial diplomacy
until Hawaii entered the paragraph as an expert witness with tenure.
And to think it all started with vegan chocolate, made by women, which arrived with the self-importance of a minor prophet and excellent packaging.
Our writers group nibbled while drafting, each of us pretending this counted as research.
It was intense and sweet, like brainstorming in formalwear during a very polite emergency,
luscious and lively, as if every sentence had a train to catch and a reputation to protect,
and somehow, against all odds and several commas, it was wildly productive.
We praised the small miracles of language, especially the ones that arrived five minutes after we had given up
while rolling each confection over our tongues like a suspicious but promising thesis statement
letting the sweetness settle into us until every bad draft looked briefly like destiny in a good coat.
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