Porridge
Porridge:
A lumpy morning soup.
Like oatmeal, only
Made with oats or cornmeal.
It’s sweet and filling,
And quickly finished.
The scent of nutmeg,
Cinnamon
And brown sugar.
Porridge:
It fills you up and keeps you warm.
Daddy made it best,
“Eat the corners first, they won’t burn your tongue.”
Porridge:
What we have left to remember.
It’s sweet and filling,
And quickly finished.
Like life,
Like love,
Like him.
It’s sweet and filling
And all gone.
Like Daddy.
– Porridge: A Memoir
A memoir about life after death, and a little girl who nearly lost her life after her father lost his.
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