"Straw-Berry Ice Cream"

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"Straw-Berry Ice Cream"

khatoonhazara

I never liked strawberry ice cream

But something came over me 

But even that gave away; crumbling like lemon squares

Not the way ice cream is supposed to crumble

I stared at it, disgusted

Depression didn't taste good

I threw it out

Rubbed the dirty, tainted bowl clean of its' memories

Then I looked outside, the birds there, and hungry

I felt heavy

Sadness weighs a ton

It often does

I had a rice bowl besides me

I took it and opened the lid

I pinched a few grains with my fingers and let it soar out to the roof of our garden

At first, no one was the wiser

Then, seconds passed, two birds flew in to eat

Their empty bellies' evident

I sighed

Sadness weighed half a ton

When more and more birds flew in to ate

I threw a handful of rice

Pigeons came too

Sadness weighed 3 bricks

I fed them all

The whole rice bowl finished, I re-filled

Taking them back to the windowsill, I looked outside

They were all finished and turned to me in unison, waiting for another handful of rice

Sadness vaporized in that instant

Reviews

[Valentine]

We feed many wild things here in northern farm country. Watching them eat brings smiles. For me a much bigger smile would have come from eating that ice cream. Valentine

[FaeryQueen]

But the ice cream was expired