A Piece of Cake
written by: Robert Ashley Plummer
‘Tea?’ he offered his guest.
‘Oh, and some of this German cake?’
‘Stöllen?’ ventured his guest, slightly mispronouncing it.
‘Certainly not,’ came the nettled reply, ‘I bought it this morning.’
‘Oh, sorry,’ was the rather embarrassed rejoinder, ‘what I meant is, that’s the name of the cake.’
Drinking their tea, they reminisced about their previous lives together.
On the way out, the guest admired the rather sleek sports car on the drive.
‘That’s a super looking car; rare too, I think. Must have cost you a packet.’
‘Not at all,’ was the dry response, ‘stöllen!’
I am a white, stale, pale, well-traveled male who, having had to graft for a living came to writing late but have been a member of two poetry groups for quite a while and have hybrid published 53 poems in my book, 'In Verse Reflections.' Plummer considers Robert to be a very good writer but others disagree and contend that he is brilliant. Hmmm!
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