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* Here’s one that is quite … unusual. I hope you enjoy it. Don’t ask me where these ideas come from … it’s probably better left alone, lol. *
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fascinated …
I watch the game by
way of a watermelon Jolly Rancher Stix -
seeing my world through
rose-colored candy …
but it’s gotta be a first, right?
what other nutcase would care to
do such a thing?
(rhetorical … don’t answer)
but, despite the seemingly unavoidable
aberration that should BE,
I can actually make sense of all
that’s taking place on the other side of
the 1/8” of hard confection
and my silly attempt to turn the ugly
defeat of my fave team into
something of abstract interest,
seems far too clear a vision to mar,
and that in itself HAS to be an unvarnished,
empirical statement
on the quality of ingredients and
manufacturing excellence of
the Jolly Rancher folks,
(the Hershey Corporation, I believe)
I mean, the flavor of Jolly Rancher candy is
and always has been of unmatched
tangy-tart sweetness,
and the packaging?
a gaze-holding wonder in itself
but who would’ve thought that the
substance of it could be so pure -
so limpid and translucent,
that the details of a 48-to-3 blowout
would still reach my eyes
despite the reality of it resting upon
the bridge of my nose
balanced precariously between my eyes
and a 60” Samsung flatscreen??
it’s incredible, really …
absolutely mind-boggling!
and here I was thinking that today would
be a total waste …
ha!
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2025
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