How to Bake a Star

By Quang Pham

Sorry about the buzzing. I'm making Stars today.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups helium

4 ounces spacedust

6 tons prayer

And a wallop of wishes

I made when I was nine.

Knead into discs

Bake to a billion

And then leave to cool under the nearest constellation.

That last bit, I never quite follow.

Because between you and me,

I prefer to eat 'em while they're hot.

And isn't it exciting?

To plunge hand into hive,

Emerging fistful of bees,

Dripping carbon honey down sticky fingers.

This way you cram them into mouth,

Each bite purring TV static.

Each clump spilling inferno.

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Quang Pham is a student at Evergreen Valley College who likes to see stars & gorge on cheese at 3 AM on Sunday nights.