Flavors

My favorite painting-a special theme
A small bright colored truck that sells ice cream
How flavorless and pale its nature now seems
Its palette has faded for many a year
It speaks fatigued like an old man’s dream
Its vision has little euphony, no pleasure I fear

My fairytale is no longer eagerly read
The storyline seems all too common
The characters are bland and dead
The parable within is long forgotten
Much to do about nothing I can recall
Like an empty portrait on a blank white wall

Where is the zest-filled life that I once felt and saw?
It disappeared without my knowing at all
And now it’s fading each day more and more 
Where is that scrumptious ice cream truck that visited my door?


January 17, 2021
Rewrite January 18, 2021

Watered-Down Juice Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021


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Date: 2/1/2021 9:53:00 AM
You nailed the theme perfectly:..Like an empty portrait on a blank white wall... congrats Lonna on your podium win in Edward's contest.
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 2/5/2021 1:13:00 PM
Thanks Vijay! Appreciate your appreciation!
Date: 1/31/2021 6:38:00 PM
Nostalgic! So well penned! Congrats on your win!
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 2/1/2021 9:51:00 AM
Thank you. I think it is a fun way to look back on the childlike appreciation and excitement we all need to regain!
Date: 1/31/2021 12:15:00 PM
Delightful, well-written poem I can also relate to, Lonna:-) Congratulations on your win in my contest!
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 2/1/2021 9:51:00 AM
Thanks Edward! Love the muse that you create in your contests!
Date: 1/18/2021 12:29:00 PM
oh I really like this. How I relate to it too!! Baskin and robbins days gone forever.
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Lonna Blodgett
Date: 1/19/2021 8:57:00 PM
Thanks very much Andrea! Loved that experience and still do!! I have great empathy for those of us that have lost the "flavors" that life offers.
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