Eating the Blue Moon

There is no flavor called moon
although I feel as if I can taste it
cool, soft and powdery. 
Tea-cookie, translucent jellybean, host. 
Swallow her down
nibble by nibble
until you too glow. 
Soon, people will stop
to lick your hands
and ask for the recipe. 
—Lizzie Hannon, “A Night in My Kitchen”