Chocolate Cake Dreams

I always wanted a chocolate cake

But my mother refused to make it

She always baked vanilla cakes

Because Daddy didn't like chocolate

We lived in Woodbridge at the time

at the corner of Islington and Seven

Across the highway was the IGA

And my box of chocolate heaven

It was a lovely sunny day

A perfect day for a walk

So I took my baby in the pram

And I walked around the block

I stood at the busy highway

I carefully looked both ways

I waited until there was a break

Then crossed to the IGA

I knew exactly where to find it

My Duncan Hines Chocolate cake

Through the doors, turn this way

To the aisle with all the cakes

I reached out with my little arms

Until my fingers grasped the box

I carefully put it in my baby pram

And then I turned and walked

Out the door, across the highway

Past Scott's Funeral Home

Around the corner, down the sidewalk

Until finally I was home

 "Mommy - can you bake me a cake?"

"Where on earth did you get that?"

 "I got it at the IGA - a cake for you to make!"

"NO....we cannot keep it...we have to take it back!" 

The tears welled up inside my eyes

We took back the chocolate cake

My mother apologized to the grocery man

And told me "you're not supposed to take!"

Ohhhh...I had to pay?

I truly did not know

I was just a little girl

Barely four years old

Sherry Irvine - March 12, 2011

Cake Image:  Etsy:  Dollhouse Scale  2 Tier Chocolate Wedding or Occasion Cake, listing #26750188