Wednesday, 9 July 2014

The perfect metaphor...

- What are you making? - She asks.

- Pancakes... - I say back to her, prolonging one of the "a" sounds in "pancakes."

She stands up. Comes to me and looks in the pan. - These look different. - She states, a puzzling notch in her voice as she says it.

- These are American pancakes, small and thick.

She goes back to table and sits down. I flip a pancakes. It's too hot near the pan.

- Have you made like these before?

I pour more mix.

- Once. A long time ago. For someone special. But I made the pancakes special too.

I deliver another pancake.

- I'll show you.

2 minutes later I present a pancake in the shape of a heart. I take fork. Separate it in the middle.

-This is my part. - I say pointing to one of the halves.

I begin to chop it up with the fork. I stop when it looks like a jumbled mess.

- There, the perfect metaphor.

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