Chocoholic’s Dream
Topped with whipped cream
starts with sugar and cocoa
add farm-fresh milk
stir, stir, stir
as spoon click, click, clicks
against the pan
luscious aroma rises
as chocolate concoction
bubbles in boisterous frenzy.
What else mama added
slips from my mind,
for I now use the packaged kind.
mixture thickens, so creamy, light
time to cool, out of sight.
Fluffy topping begins
with pure, sweet cream
from sweet speckled cow,
our Jersey queen.
Divided from milk
by a noisy machine
that only Daddy can run. .
As beaters whir,
whipping begins
great mounds appear
from liquid mass
small, soft peaks like
mountain tops, rise
from the luscious froth
slightly sweetened
mellowed via vanilla
Now two bowls
full to the brim
one, chocolate pudding
other, fluffy whipped cream.
Pudding goes first
into dessert dish,
leave room for a crown
of whiteness atop.
First spoonful smooth,
soft and creamy, flavored
fruit of the cocoa bean,
meshes with
white delectable cream
gentle, robust sensation.
Chocoholic’s anticipation,
sublime gratification.
-- By Jeanette Oestermyer
