If Venna could choose,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019d be a fairy of food<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the witch\u2019s side, bubbling cauldron<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some roots, some vine, the flesh of the fruit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cravings, mystical, unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A broken heart, she seeps in the cracks;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To do what she was formed for<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet this broken heart has new strings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sings a new tune by another\u2019s side<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI believe in myself,\u201d the refreshened heart sings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reprimanded, Venna must turn to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A more desperate source of glum,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He rejected more times than<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grains of flour in a baker\u2019s dozen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet he symbolized uncorrupted hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So Venna finds herself trying to thwart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The innocent attempts of a young man<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In chasing after a man his age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When your strength upon depressed emotions does feed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unformed couple\u2019s Venna\u2019s new fodder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The delicacies of a just-chilled dessert,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The piping-hot crust of a slice straight from the oven,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Menus upon menus Venna wishes were enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But her instincts to which she must abide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delegate to her a more brittle, aching chow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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