For Tom it started at 30.

A baby, a business, bread

always to pull from the oven.

Rick asks logistics

filler or intel

how important are the machines,

do you know the formulas?

Recipes you mean?

Yes all the pastry gets pulled

the night before.

Keep the spirals fingertip clean,

crimp the edges with a fork.

Is hell an overcoat and tiny dog, 

a downtown bistro with no meatless salads.

Or are you a lounge singer on a cruise ship

who passes all the primo fishing spots

and never gets to dock - -