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Free Verse · Love

We Came for Cake

by The QuillOak Editors

1We came for cake and dancing,

2let's be honest —

3but somewhere between the vows,

4when your voices wobbled

5on the same word,

6all of us remembered

7what we'd forgotten we believed in.

8Thank you for that.

9Now: cake.

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Poem
We Came for Cake
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
9 lines
Form
Free Verse
Themes
Love, Funny

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QuillOak originalWe Came for Cake, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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