“Ode to a Polish Plum Cake,” by Eric Robert Nolan

Infused in crumbling crust is delectable violent violet – a pounded plum, a welt of fruit. Oh, if my lips could peruse that square and powdered sugar-bruise. (c) Eric Robert Nolan 2024 Photo credit: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons