HUMBLE PIE!

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I bet you didn’t know that tomorrow will be “Be Humble Day.”
Write a story or poem and title it Humble Pie

HUMBLE PIE!

My most recent Humble Pie
was. in fact,
a REAL PIE!
Baked to serve at
my dear hubby's office
Thanksgiving feast--thank God
he was the BOSS and my cooking didn't
matter, much! I carefully stirred all of the cooked
pumpkin and spices together until hot and steamy,
and then tore off on some unknown mission.
Upon arriving home, my pan was empty
and in the sink; the "finished" simple pie
sat proudly in its shell. My jubilant husband
earnestly said "I finished your pie--it's on the stove!"
Suspiciously, I eyed the flat, brown pie. The recipe called
for it to be a high, airy pumpkin-meringue pie. I
sweetly inquired how he had put the
whipped-egg-and-sugar-meringue into the mixture,
only to be met by a
blank stare. Due at the festive office party a scant
90-minutes later, we hurriedly scraped
the cooled pumpkin mix out of the homemade shell
to mix swiftly with my now-beaten-to-a-froth-sugar-and- egg-white-concoction.
We dashed out the front door,
clutching pie in hand,
and made the 60-minute drive
to the dinner with seconds to spare.
The humble pie, despite the fact that it was so
unconventionally and frantically assembled,
turned out just fine!