BAKING

He loved baking bread -

kneading, rolling, squeezing,

pushing his body into the dough -

and then to hear at supper,

at table, “More bread!

This is delicious! Thank you!”

And he would make extra loaves

of bread for neighbors for free -

and he would hear thanks from them

when they spotted him 
on the street during the week.

All this was brought out

in the eulogy at his funeral.

And his wife and kids saved

that last loaf - well half a loaf -

which is better than none -

as they say - from his last supper

with them - and then came the

heart attack that last night -

that last supper with him.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2012