packets of pleasure
all wrapped and pretty
whisper sweet
everything
worried moments
swept away
with savory promises
a hollow stomach
or aching heart
fills just a little
beguiling morsels
cocktail conversation
at the bottom of
this tray or another
lies sweet salvation
if only for tonight
tomorrow
the party’s over
all goes back
to pumpkins, mice
and gruel .
A party with nibbles , written in 2007