The Perfect Valentine's Day Cookie

The Perfect Valentine’s Day Cookie

This one is for Stephen,
I said, licking the last bits of icing from the knife
Unless I eat it first, I said regretfully,
knowing that it was all too possible,
Having painstakingly decorated my favorite
kind of cookie with pink and white icing.
sugar cookies, the perfect combination
of butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour,
cut into big hearts and browned to
perfection. I do want to give the cookie
to Stephen for Valentine’s Day, but
I knew I might not be able to keep myself
from eating it in a weak moment.
so I asked my neighbors to save it
for when Stephen can claim
what I want to give him but

cannot safely keep.