Heidi’s Haroset

April 5, 2015 — #NaPoWriMo, Heidi, matzoh, Passover, poem

Heidi in the hood

My next door neighbor Heidi is the perfect friend

Back fence border crossing is a frequent event

We share garden cuttings, flowers, seeds, and fruit

We taste each others’ recipes, passing portions of special foods

Each year at Passover I accept her yeast and other puffed up sin

I take it to my house so her great symbolic unleavening can begin

Heidi downtown

I am richly rewarded for turning cookies into nothing

I receive a container of Heidi’s haroset, the mortar of the Seder

Chocolate and  cinnamon sugar covered matzoh bites are also my to savor

It is such a deal, believe me, to have my favorite items catered

No sweet red wine or reading all night, I am simply favored

chocolate and cinnamon matzoh

NaPoWriMo 2015

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