Marjorie Maddox
Let Them Eat Cake
attributed to Marie Antoinette
Why not lose yourself in Black Forest,
dress yourself in Red Velvet, speak German Chocolate
fluently while upside-down in Pineapple? Because. Because.
Look past your own table. Sure, in this no-cake-walk of a world, savor
Carrot, Apple, & Strawberry; weigh Sponge & Pound; choose Devil’s
over Angel, but always pass the thickest slice to your neighbor.
WPSU-FM Poetry Moment host, assistant editor of Presence, and Professor Emerita at Commonwealth U, Marjorie Maddox has published 17 poetry collections—most recently Seeing Things & Small Earthly Space--a story collection, 5 children’s books, and the anthologies Common Wealth and Keystone Poetry. Her middle-grade biography, A Man Named Branch, is just out. www.marjoriemaddox.com