The Cake

She said, “Nana,

I want to bake you a cake

To help cheer you up.”

She brought her own cake mix,

And frosting,

And wanted to do it herself.

She’s never baked a cake before,

But Nana said okay.

She has a little trouble

With the directions.

(Reading is hard.)

Nana shows her how to

Measure out ingredients

And mix them together.

It keeps her mind off

Waiting for that phone call

From the hospital,

Wondering if her brother

Is going to live or die.

This, of course, was the idea.

The cake has a hole in the middle,

So they fold it over.

Frosting hides a multitude of sins.

It’s a little lopsided,

But everyone agrees

It’s the best cake they’ve ever had.