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Curtis Honeycutt

Pancakes and God


By writing this poem

I hope to convey to you

my love for pancakes

and God, not necessarily

in that order,

but maybe.


I like to think

that God eats pancakes

every morning

(chocolate chip ones

with maple syrup)

with a tall glass of pulp free

orange juice while reading

the early edition

of The Pearly Times.


He is still wearing his

monogrammed bathrobe

and slippers,

hair still wet from his

morning shower.

He sits down and

eats His pancakes,

full of contentment

and sovereignty.


Sometimes the syrup gets in

his beard and makes it

all sticky.


How I would love to be

God's pancake flipper,

carefully monitoring

the big guy's breakfast

to match the hue of the pancakes

with the surrounding

streets of gold.


I should be so lucky

to be able to sit

in His presence

and flip pancakes.



Closet Rock Star


I'm a closet guitar player.

I own a guitar, play it

when no one else is around.


When I'm by myself

I also like to sing

at the top of my lungs,

unashamed (as long as no one

else is around).


When no one else is around,

I like to picture myself

as a wildly popular person.

Everyone around me (at the time)

is a big fan of mine.


Alone, I am a rock star.

Around people I am just me.

My cat knows.


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Thunder Sandwich #26 - Summer/Fall 2005