Leaving Room For Dessert And Questions Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It all balances.
The good.
The bad.
The awful...
With the best,
Of what terrible can offer.

But it is all in the presentation!
To raise the expectations!

And when one makes something...
That 'appears' to be good,
Like a cake or pie...
Or a moist turkey stuffed!
Tasting each ingredient alone,
Is not going to please,
An appetite teased.

There has got to be some of this,
Mixed with that.
To savor a flavor!
Especially when so many...
Are expected to come to eat!
Some will at first nibble.
Leaving room for dessert...
And questions!