She serves me a piece of it a few minutesout of the oven. A little steam risesfrom the slits on top. Sugar and spice -cinnamon – burned into the crust.But she’s wearing these dark glassesin the kitchen at ten o’clockin the morning – everything nice -as she watches me break offa piece, bring it to my mouth,and blow on it. My daughter’s kitchen,in winter. I fork the pie inand tell myself to stay out of it.She says she loves him. No waycould it be worse.

She serves me a piece of it a few minutesout of the oven. A little steam risesfrom the slits on top. Sugar and spice -cinnamon – burned into the crust.But she’s wearing these dark glassesin the kitchen at ten o’clockin the morning – everything nice -as she watches me break offa piece, bring it to my mouth,and blow on it. My daughter’s kitchen,in winter. I fork the pie inand tell myself to stay out of it.She says she loves him. No waycould it be worse.

– Raymond Carver –

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