bakery item

“If you were a bakery item, what would you be?” I asked Ming.

We were lying in bed, cuddling.

“A what?” Ming asked.

“A bakery item,” I repeated.

“I would be the blender,” Ming said.

“The blender!” I said.  “You like ripping everything apart?”

“I like mixing everything together into a wonderful combination,” Ming said.

“Yeah, you do,” I said, thinking of how Ming brings people together and is a great connector.

“Now ask me what I would be if I was a bakery item,” I continued.

“What would you be if you were a bakery item?” Ming asked.

“I would be a cookie!” I said.  “A raisin cookie so you would eat me.  And I would be yuckie so only you would eat me!”

I was feeling playful.  Raisins are contentious, right?

salad

“If you were a salad item, what would you be?” I asked Ming.

“A solid item?” Ming asked.

“A salad item!” I said.  “Like if you’re going to eat salad!”

“I would be the bowl,” Ming said.

“Oh jeeze,” I said.

I thought they would be a cucumber, but I see the trend.  Ming wants to contain and bring goodness together.

“What would you be?” Ming asked.

“You break all the rules!” I said.

veg

Right now I’m going to say carrot shred, just one.

I made a new poetry zine, hat genius #33.  A lot of rabbits pop up.  I want to say rabbit rather than bunny because the animal on the cover looks serious and maybe dangerous!  I asked my dear one if the cover looks too scary, and they said no.

My actual question under the question was, “Does my rabbit look too methed out?” but I feel like that’s rude for some reason.  Rude to rabbits, maybe?  Or rude to addicts?

questions for discussion

• If you were a bakery item, what would you be?
• If you were a salad item, what would you be?
• Do you enjoy intentionally misunderstanding the question?  Sometimes I like to do that.
• When’s the last time you wrote a poem?
• Can I read it?
• What’s your favorite zine?
• Who would you be, if you were someone else?  (That’s my default question.)
• What do you most need?

“What do I most need?” is my first tarot question almost every time.  It informs all the other questions.