Measure out one and a half cups of sugar,

mix with unsalted organic butter.

 Fold in sour cream and eggs.

Add the smallest teaspoon of vanilla,

hold half your bank account in a 4 oz jar.

The extract ingrained into every bakery,

yet the individual orchids of the beans are pollinated by hand.

The original recipe calls for sifting

salt, flour, baking soda, baking powder

but I don’t own a sift,

instead I’ve mastered the art coarse grains in place of fine

it just requires a bit more mixing.

Fill a cup with filtered water

because sink water is

only drinkable

in packaging printed with mountains.

Place the dries and wets in the same ceramic bowl,

stir until your arm melts into the mixture,

bake until bronze.