The cheese scones from
My local supermarket
Are hexagonal.
It’s not for packing.
Their film-covered rectangle
Leaves corner gaps.
Are perhaps they made
In honeycomb baking tins?
Baked by bumblebee?
Or else it’s branding.
A visual identity.
Trying to sell more.
A six-sided scone
Does not taste better to me,
Nor warm up faster.
The butter doesn’t care
For the shape of your scone,
Mr. John Sainsbury.