{"id":3390,"date":"2017-04-11T08:17:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2017-04-04T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T13:19:16","slug":"elizabeth-alford-heaven-is-my-mothers-apple-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=3390","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Alford “Heaven is My Mother\u2019s Apple Pie”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Alford<\/h1>\n

Heaven is My Mother\u2019s Apple Pie<\/span><\/h2>\n

Once a year
\n(and only under the best
\npossible circumstances)
\nmy mother makes
\nher apple pie, and that first
\nbite\u2014oh! how buttery
\nand crumbly the crust, how
\nspicy the forbidden fruit
\nfilling still warm from the oven
\nand swirls of cinnamon,
\nsweet and tang waltzing to flavor
\non the ballroom floor
\nof my tongue\u2014is almost enough
\nto make me sing praise
\nto a god I don\u2019t believe in,
\neven though I know
\ndeep in my heart
\nand in my stomach
\nthat if there is an afterlife,
\nit is after Thanksgiving dinner
\nand that my mother
\nis a god of gods
\nwho can bake the whole
\nof the universe
\ninto a pie.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Alford<\/strong> (Hayward, CA) is a voracious <\/em>carbnivore who has also been known to eat her own words. See more of her work @ Facebook.com\/ElizabethAlfordPoetry<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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