I could have set the cheesecake to defrost
at 8 p.m. and tasted it by 9:
15, but that would mean I would have lost
the benefit of buffering its fine-
milled carbohydrate with protective fat.

A cheesecake’s best preceded by a meal.

I’m pleased to note I’ve taken note of that,
now context more than calorie is real.

I used to count to serve a plan to save
allowance for my evening gourmet sweet.
Those snacks were isolated carbs that gave
my mouth reward, and woke me up to eat,
but gained me pounds and insulin at best,
so now I give the dark of night to rest.