Finishing Their Cupcakes

by Frank J. Tassone · 29 December 2016

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Mira and Frankie finish making the cupcakes. She raises her voice over his removal of something. Then she shows him the final touches:

applying cream.

ground dark-chocolate and peppermint.

chocolate chips.

She pours more icing, telling him to “hold on” and “wait.” They’ve made more than cupcakes for New Year’s Eve by the time they finish.

gleam of light
off freshly applied frosting
their shared smile

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photograph by Brian Chan

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Tags: cupcake dessert family food holiday new year

Frank J. Tassone

Frank J. Tassone lives in New York City's "back yard" with his wife and son. He fell in love with writing after he wrote his first short story at age 12 and his first poem in high school. He began writing haiku and haibun seriously in the 2000s. His haikai poetry has appeared in Failed Haiku, Cattails, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online, Contemporary Haibun, The Haiku Foundation and Haiku Society of America member anthologies. He is a contributing poet for the online literary journal Image Curve, and a performance poet with Rockland Poets. When he's not writing, Frank works as a special education high school teacher in the Bronx. When he's not working or writing, he enjoys time with his family, meditation, hiking, practicing tai chi and geeking out to Star Wars, Marvel Cinema and any other Sci-Fi/Fantasy film and TV worth seeing.