Not Nutella

US americans
spending weeks
camping on a beach
in Greece breaks the body

down to where
we've gathered one
by one collecting each
and everyone's drachmas

we need
peanut
butter
the

real stuff we saw
on the local grocers'
shelf we all willing and
young to eat Skippy with

all the heart
attack ingredients
especially high fructose
corn syrup because after all

it was only
an eight ounce
jar so how could
we go too far down

one
more
level of
damnation
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Lamoureux Avatar
October 7, 2019 at 7:14 AM
I too prefer Nutella, especially on crepes.
Connelly Avatar
October 7, 2019 at 5:25 PM
Lol Richard I do not lol. I want peanut butter not hazel nut lol. This is a true story from my younger days. Greece. Wanting to eat- real peanut butter lol.
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