Memories of Chocolate

First in many memories of chocolate is thinking:
What a silly ad campaign!
Of course they melt in your hand
Especially since you hold them tight
The hand, warm with anticipation
Of delivering the candy to your tongue.
You never drop any on the floor.

Then there is good dark chocolate
A mahogany aroma that you could sleep in
Cocoa velvet tassels on a high canopy bed
Made up with rich mink pelts joined together
You in an espresso robe of chocolate kisses
Trimmed in silver foil tuxedo lapels and cuffs.

Even the white "chocolate" is good when mixed
With the milk and dark varieties in a homemade cookie
And yes, I use it in my white chocolate cheesecake recipe.
Eaters always ask: what is that? A secret ingredient?


(Ciampa, Liz. What is Left. Boston, MA: Big Table Publishing Co., 2009. p. 11. Print.)