the old women of Theresienstadt.
the blank belly of the stove.
Whose version of coffee caramels.
ersatz coffee, honey, egg optional in the strudel.
garnished with caviar and paprika.
thread the pages to a book, hide it like a stolen loaf.
cries of apricot, apples, the small mouths of berries.
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