Plain Cake Please

Post-simple Simon and his pie-man,
School bakers price their crullers
By content, flavor, deliciousness?
Nay, merely frosting colors.

A buck for pallid, less for tan,
Two bits alone for choc'late.
Some crullers dear while others cheap?
Is something there to balk at?

A deeper look is needed then;
What is this method costing,
To pick a cruller or a being
Worth solely in its frosting?

Know, human nature doesn't change
And we must go along.
"A cruller marked at just two bits?
Too cheap! Pray tell, what’s wrong?"

   posted by Stephen at 2:19 PM | Plink