The Candle Tip

I use my grandma’s cookie shapes

For Chanukah each year.

They’re plastic and so very old

They might not persevere.

 

The candle cutter’s broken

So it’s hard to get a grip

On the pieces (there are 3 of them),

Especially the tip.

 

Since I’d hate to leave a shape out,

I just take an extra sec,

But today, between the batches,

I looked down and – what the heck?

 

For the candle tip was missing

And it wasn’t on the floor.

I had used it, so this wasn’t something

I could just ignore.

 

If I’d rolled it in a cookie,

An occurrence I would doubt,

Then the batter wouldn’t flatten

Since that piece would stick right out.

 

For a while I was stymied,

Then I checked one ball of dough

Which I’d gathered up until

My cookie sheet had room to go.

 

And voila! I found that sucker

And the lesson that I learned

Is to keep track of the flames

Wherever candles are concerned.