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I feel like I'm a pancake

By Karyn Indursky

I feel like I'm batter 
mixed up, stirred, and baked 
in the oven of life. 
I feel like I'm tested 
from time to time by folks poking at me 
to see where I'm at. 
I feel like I get turned over and flipped 
to be looked at every side, every angle 
to see if I'm just right. 
I feel like I get burned 
by the heat beneath me, 
which is really just the cooker loving the control. 
I feel like I'm being served 
to everyone to be tasted and felt 
in their teeth after they've smelled my lingering invite. 
I feel like I'm tossed away 
after they've had their fill 
and want to move on past me. 
I feel like I'm a pancake.