Best Skittles Poems

Oh, finely feathered fellow
with plumage of green and yellow,
your Houdini-esque abilities
and astounding circus-like agilities
make my flabby jowls drop with surprise
at how easily your hooked beak can prise
any dwarf-sized opening in your cage,
to open so easily, under your gauge.
Your stuffed, fat, feathered body can
fit through anything....

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Colors of the rainbow, taste so sweet
Chewing fast and slow, crunch and repeat
Opposite of bland, grabbing slowly
Skittles in hand, perfect symmetry

Hard outside, inside not
Covers dyed, sparingly bought
Skittle skittles, explosions of sugar
Soft and brittle, of that I am sure...

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SKITTLES


© RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY

28 OCTOBER, 2014





                                    Talk of the devil...

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Like skittles 
knocked down to get up again
hit and miss
Supply teacher games 

2004...

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Late night note to self
Skittles will not make you feel 
better - sugar lies...

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skittles & iced tea

after Trayvon’s slaughter,
people of the empire now know that
in order to buy skittles & iced tea
with dark skin & a hoodie
you must have some proof that you aren’t
packing a weapon---
but what kind of proof do you need?
perhaps a bright neon sign attached...

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She’s not yet a teen but bigger than a bean
and sweeter than Skittles can be.
She dances around like a princess unbound
and means the world to me. 

She’s a little erratic and sometimes gives static 
to her mother and father, I know,
but when in my sight,...

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“Ms. Skittles,” the music teacher began, “your fiddle playing is impeccable, really, I am amazed. You could write up some lyrics for that tune and make yourself an award winning song right then and there! You really are a star pupil.” 
“Meow.”
“Oh, wow, and here...

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Beauty is sweet, 
like Skittles, 
whether sweet or sour all the flavours in the packet are unique in their own way,
showing despite difference they are all scrumptious

Beauty is sweet, 
like Haribo Starmix, 
they come full of different shapes and sizes,
some may find others much nicer...

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