Only One More Cookie

When faced with a batch

of freshly baked cookies,

That only I made from scratch

as Christmas goodies.

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What is one to do?

Taste only one,

Then be done!

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Yet the cookies whisper to me…

“Just only one little bite”

There will be plenty left

for Christmas gifts, that’s right!

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It’s just…

maybe only one more.

yummmm,

that buttery vanilla melts away,

oh…that delicious chocolate chunks,

so sweet and rich.

Perhaps only one more bite.

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A third, as the warm toffee lures me in,

with its caramel scent, singing “Only one more.”

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My stomach protest

“NO MORE! NOT ONE MORE !”

But……

How about only one more?

And another,

and another,

and another,

until there is

only one cookie left,

then just only a tiny crumb.

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Baking Christmas cookies today and boy is it hard to not have them all!

Thank you for reading!