At ten I imagined that love
was like the best bite of
my peanut butter and jelly,
the sandwich’s belly
after crust had been slipped
discreetly to the dog—
where tingles of berries
and smooth,
salty peanut
mingled and melted,
then merged
when pressed to the roof
of my mouth
by my tongue.
But, with you
my tongue came to savor
the crust too.
Natalie McNabb graduated from the University of Washington with distinction in English. Recent publications include fiction and poetry for Fish Publishing, InterSECTIONS, Bricolage Literary and Arts Journal, Virtual Writer, Ilura Press, Wigleaf, Catalyst Book Press, BlazeVOX, The Anemone Sidecar and W.W. Norton & Company. She was a Top 10 Finalist for The Micro Award 2011 and a Top 25 Finalist for the Fish Publishing International Short Story Competition.Natalie enjoys double short Americanos with secure lids.
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12 Responses to “THE BEST BITE • by Natalie McNabb”
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May 16th, 2011 at 2:39 am
Oh what a tasty little morsel of a poem – nice! :]
May 16th, 2011 at 6:55 am
Cute quip. Reminds me of the Readers Digest.
May 16th, 2011 at 7:51 am
But a nice play on the word “crust.”
May 16th, 2011 at 9:21 am
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May 16th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Jelly belly mingling merging melting… The universal (To this country.) PBJ used as a metaphor for togetherness. Outstanding in my book. I wish I had written it. 5 sandwiches..er..stars.
May 16th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
I like it.
Very erotic, sexually sensual…IMO
I wanted it to be more….
So only 4 stars
Thank you for sharing Natalie
May 16th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
YEP! ^^^ What Vondrakker says! Me too! PBJ always works for me, The crust of loving is certainly the most delicious you had me looking for an extra star, but alas there is only five. Thanks for your lovely poem.
May 16th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
I just finished a peanut butter and bread end-of-the-night treat – sadly there was nobody here to share it with as you did the poem.
May 17th, 2011 at 1:15 am
Very nice metaphor and use of words.
May 17th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
You guys are great. Thank you for such kind words! PBJs are #1.
May 21st, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Tasty. Enjoyed the read.
October 21st, 2011 at 1:49 pm
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