The Greatest Culinary Invention Ever (New Poem)

The Apex, the Epitome, the Acme, the Climax, the Peak . . .

There, in that glass case at Garman Model Bakery,

Pride of Painesville, the Peak of Pastry,

The climax of American Culinary Art:

A ladyfinger, éclair par excellence,

Stuffed with crème,

Frosted with maple,

and

Crowned with a six-inch long

Strip of bacon.

What can you say but

God Bless America!