Between Meals

When I am still full from the meals I eat Why is it that I still crave something sweet Between meals the desire to snack Is something I fight but lose the attack What harm in a fun size candy bar And finishing off the jellybeans in the jar A scoop of ice cream or two A root beer float ever so smooth A slice of pie, a piece of cake Got to try those cookies you baked Easter candy can't go to waste Spread that jam on bread thick as paste Some hard candy or two becomes the bag A banana split that would make Dagwood glad My taste buds explode with the sweet flavour Of all those sweets I forever savour I lose my will to stop snacking between meals It is time science invents that fat scat pill