An Ode to the Goddess Knefi
This morning, Leila fed us all a fruit salad made up of grapefruit, orange, pineapple, blueberries, pomegranates, mangos, and melon (though I myself didn't eat any fruit that began with the letter "M"), as well as tea, homemade goat cheese, and... Wait for it... knefi.
KNEFI!
And just like that, I recalled the true meaning of conversion. I haven't had a new deity enter my pantheon since I prayed to the Goddess Ethylene in her Paper Bag Temple to MAKE RIPE MY AVOCADOS!
AN ODE TO THE GODDESS KNEFI
Hail to thee, Knefi
Mighty Goddess of the Yum
Divinity devoured
To particle and crumb
Knefi, how they serve thee
On a sacrificial platter
Just glancing at your glory
Makes your acolytes grow fatter
They snatch thee back, Knefi
From our jaws and from our grasp
And thrust thy rich deliciousness
Into oven iron-cast
"Knefi, O Knefi!"
Come our lamentations sore
"How could a stove thy sum improve
So sweetly frozen o'er?"
We weep and wail and wait, Knefi
While consuming berries blue
And pomegranates freshly tapped
But dim compared to you
And when, Knefi, you return
Your filling warm as flesh
Your roasted green pistachio crust
Makes sweet our thankful breath
If Dissent in form of Brothers
Bothers Sisters at your table
Knefi, we call down your Curse
Renowned in song and fable
"Make his belly sag and droopen
Make his brawn like to your cream
Seal fast his eyes with syrup
Bring your sugar coma dream!"
O Knefi, sweet Knefi
How our tongues do lave your praise
As we feast upon your bounty
Every morning all our days!
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This poem brought to you by C.S.E. Cooney.
It was inspired by Leila Ghobril, Oussama El-Mohtar, their children Amal, Ghaith, and Dounya, and also Caitlyn Paxson, who invented the Greatest Curse of Knefi yet known to Humankind.
Ms. Cooney also wants to thank all of LEBANON for producing SUCH AN AMAZING BREAKFAST FOOD. Seuss wept!
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KNEFI!
And just like that, I recalled the true meaning of conversion. I haven't had a new deity enter my pantheon since I prayed to the Goddess Ethylene in her Paper Bag Temple to MAKE RIPE MY AVOCADOS!
AN ODE TO THE GODDESS KNEFI
Hail to thee, Knefi
Mighty Goddess of the Yum
Divinity devoured
To particle and crumb
Knefi, how they serve thee
On a sacrificial platter
Just glancing at your glory
Makes your acolytes grow fatter
They snatch thee back, Knefi
From our jaws and from our grasp
And thrust thy rich deliciousness
Into oven iron-cast
"Knefi, O Knefi!"
Come our lamentations sore
"How could a stove thy sum improve
So sweetly frozen o'er?"
We weep and wail and wait, Knefi
While consuming berries blue
And pomegranates freshly tapped
But dim compared to you
And when, Knefi, you return
Your filling warm as flesh
Your roasted green pistachio crust
Makes sweet our thankful breath
If Dissent in form of Brothers
Bothers Sisters at your table
Knefi, we call down your Curse
Renowned in song and fable
"Make his belly sag and droopen
Make his brawn like to your cream
Seal fast his eyes with syrup
Bring your sugar coma dream!"
O Knefi, sweet Knefi
How our tongues do lave your praise
As we feast upon your bounty
Every morning all our days!
***
This poem brought to you by C.S.E. Cooney.
It was inspired by Leila Ghobril, Oussama El-Mohtar, their children Amal, Ghaith, and Dounya, and also Caitlyn Paxson, who invented the Greatest Curse of Knefi yet known to Humankind.
Ms. Cooney also wants to thank all of LEBANON for producing SUCH AN AMAZING BREAKFAST FOOD. Seuss wept!
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