High Tea at the Dushanbe Tea House
three tiers of fat and sugar delights
following seventeen days of sweets and alcohol,
it’s not yet the time to stop
the indulgences, not yet the time.
We savor the bottom
tray of puff pastries filled with artichoke and cheese,
fresh blueberries, scones we slather with Devonshire cream,
lemon curd and homemade apricot jam.
Progressing to the
the middle tier, three little sandwiches
of cucumber and cream, a sprinkling of
three tiers of fat and sugar delights
following seventeen days of sweets and alcohol,
it’s not yet the time to stop
the indulgences, not yet the time.
We savor the bottom
tray of puff pastries filled with artichoke and cheese,
fresh blueberries, scones we slather with Devonshire cream,
lemon curd and homemade apricot jam.
Progressing to the
the middle tier, three little sandwiches
of cucumber and cream, a sprinkling of
fresh strawberries disappear.
Arriving finally at the top tier of chocolate cake, tiramisu and
small tarts filled with chocolate custard somehow
Arriving finally at the top tier of chocolate cake, tiramisu and
small tarts filled with chocolate custard somehow
evaporate into thin air.
All that remains are three tiers of slightly soiled white doilies.
We stroll out into the dusk of early evening,
We stroll out into the dusk of early evening,
drunk with self indulgent feasting.
Oh divine!
Photograph courtesy of http://flickr.com/photos/ardenteye/3061674198/
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