A Poem Inspired by the Cookie Obsession

Over the holidays I am very aware of all the cookie messages. I love Christmas movies, which seem to always feature a cookie, eating cookies, decorating cookies.

Hearing people’s stories over the years I learned that in some families they have a tradition where they make a lot of cookies. I mean a lot! Some families make hundreds. They might make different kinds too. They say it is a tradition and it is really important to them too.

As I was baking some cookies for myself and thinking about this obsession with cookies, that inspired the poem. (Seriously, you want to ruffle some feathers, take someone’s cookie.)

Christmas Cookie Con

Some families at Christmas make 100 cookies-

They drop everything cause ‘this is tradition.’

& gather all the children,

to meet cookie heaven,

Trading them all at the Christmas Cookie con elections.

Do you live in Cookie Town?

Do you have a cookie in your mouth, right now?

Do you eat dark chocolate cookies,

white chocolate vanilla,

And Cookies filled with goo

Do you eat cookies with a kiss on top,

And peanut butter too?

Do you eat cookies for hours and hours?

Do you believe you have cookie Power?

Do you eat them sitting down,

Or stuff them in your face- milk it down.

Do you really know what a cookie can do for you?

If you’re feeling sad,

You can eat one or two.

Does it make your Dad mad when you burn all the cookies?

Already you’re sad cause you can’t right the recipe.

Cookies…Cookies…

Rule the world.

And you know you have to have one to be a girl.

Is your name cookie?

Do you look for cookies all day too?

A cookie for you,

and a cookie for me.

If you don’t share you cookies,

you might get diabetes.

We got French cookies- allemande.

We have chocolate chip- & a cake pop one.

Does it look like I got a cookie for you?

Don’t you know I freeze mine too.

Cookies with glitter

& Cookies in a basket.

Do you give cookies to your neighbors at Christmas?

Do you give Santa a cookie in exchange for favors?

Are you the cookie con man who sells cookies by the pound?

Even dogs like cookies,

Making them a weapon against the town.

Cookies.

Cookies.

I want all the cookies.

I want a cowboy cookie Monopoly-

So I can have cookie power too.

Everyone has a cookie story…