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Tortilla Days

In my Grandmothers kitchen the tortillas made the air thick.

Sweet, wet corn smell drifting....
Making soft the troubles of the day.

We stood, eyes wide as she gently swirled squares of butter, turning fat to liquid heaven.

Outside!
Don't drip heaven on the linoleum!

We took our score outside, smiling for tortilla days.

Eat it fast!
Or liquid heaven is lost to dirt, dripping from maized tubes to dust.
Best to savor quick the salty grease and wet corn smell.

That smell followed me home,
and gave me melted butter dreams.

ckahn

@ckahn

A girl.

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Nom! Sounds lush! ❤😘👍

I don't know, this is just wonderful. 😊 I could see and hear everything. I felt like I was there!

@minxyMolly oh, it is! Melted butter on warm tortilla is pure heaven!

@burrahobbit thank you so much! High praise indeed! I'm flattered☺😘

@ckahn my mouth is now officially watering 😂👍❤😘

You deserve it! I've had corn tortillas with butter and salt, but never homemade! It sounds delightful.

Oh thank god dinner's up soon, I am drooling.... 😂😂 Lovely stuff kristi 👍❤😘

@minxyMolly @burrahobbit @leelee101 thanks all! Corn tortillas all around! 😘

Love it , born bred SoCal , appreciated

@wolfwaff ah, ya don't say? Said kitchen was in Santa Barbara! Cheers to another native Californian😘

Yummy I could taste and smell it 👏😍😘

@sjw ✨👍✨thanks again for kind RP my dear😘

There's a time and place for everything, and the place for droplets of heaven is never on the linoleum! Love it!

@wolfie thanks for taking a look. I decided just this one. Would love some constructive input 😘

@wolfie for example, I think it ends too abruptly. What say you?

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@RichWithey no likey tortilla?!? Ohhh, there's nothing better than warm flour tortilla rolled up and so full of melted butter you have to eat it over the kitchen sink so it doesn't drop on the floor! Pure heaven! Thanks for RP my friend😘

@RichWithey oops! Drip, not drop

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