The Problem of Cake

The problem with cake
is
that you can either have it
or eat it
but not both.

You can dream about it
but not touch it
smell it
but not taste it
see a sign reading “eat me”
but not dare

for Alice was left
with a handful of crumbs
in a shrinking world.

If you do take a bite
plates shift
eternity rumbles
Eve shrieks
and the cake is no more.

The problem with cake
is
that you can either have it
or eat it
but not both.