Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Juiced

Every morning, all my life,
I drink a glass of juice.
It helps the pills go down
And it is healthy, you’d deduce.

But as I just discovered,
If you did, you would be wrong,
For fruit juice in a healthy diet
Just does not belong.

It’s filled with sugar, so much so
It’s worse than drinking Coke.
How awful when assumptions
You have had go up in smoke!

A fruit in its entirety
Is best, the experts said,
So it would be much better
Eating oranges instead.

This knowledge is engaging
But I’ll cling to this excuse – 
I’ve survived this long so I will stick,
Each morning, with my juice.

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Caren Krutsinger July 18, 2018 at 5:30 AM Your rhyming here is impeccable, and I have not had a carbonated drink in five years, so you see where I lean.

Robert Johnson July 12, 2018 at 6:45 PM You know they say eat drink and be merry. Well some years ago, I revised that sensibility. :) I say eat, drink and die. Life's too short eh'? :) Too morbid? I can hear ya already. A bit. :)

Lyric Man July 12, 2018 at 4:19 PM Juice taste much better than Coke. I love OJ.. it's sooooo good. So I'm with you on keeping the juice!

Tom Cunningham July 12, 2018 at 7:00 AM Well if it's not causing you harm, carry on I say, if we listened to everything the experts said we'd starve to death . Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen July 12, 2018 at 2:50 AM - A good start to the day, Ilene - Lovely poem :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Daniel Turner July 11, 2018 at 8:44 PM Mrs Ilene, this poem reminds me so much of my mother. She would always drink a glass of orange juice each morning with her meds. I love the poem!