Boy Wanted
Boy Wanted
By Elsie McKinnon Strachan
I have need for a boy in my kitchen,
To approve of my culinary art,
To butter my mornings with questions,
To put spice in my middle-aged heart;
Anticipatory, impatient,
A boy eager and ready to eat;
With a grin hiding under a doughnut –
Unimpressed with today’s cost of meat.
I have need for a boy in my kitchen,
With an appetite deep as a wish,
With a finger to salvage loose frosting,
And, especially, to clean out the dish.
(1955)
I’m going to frame this one and put it in my kitchen. What a great thing for a grandma’s kitchen. I love this woman!
Comment by Carol — January 8, 2013 @ 2:33 pm
What a gifted writer. What a find!
Comment by David Y. — January 8, 2013 @ 2:35 pm
If you’re making doughnuts with frosting, I could be over in 15 minutes! (What brand of sugar, though?)
Comment by Grant — January 8, 2013 @ 7:29 pm