Sugar

We weighed and halved
the grains for pancakes,
mixing with lemons
and trying to ignore
dirty plates,

we weighed and halved
the grains for pancakes,
coughing up crumbs and
swallowing, trying to ignore
the back door,

we weighed and halved
the grains for pancakes,
this time quartering the amount
for thinner crunchier sheets,
oil and milk leaving rivers
on our cheeks.