Short Sweeteners Poems

Artificial sweeteners 
 Refreshing flavor 
 A modern day conundrum. 
 It says diet, but 
 Truly you’re joining 
 The cult of 
 Coke!...

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I started out with a few sweeteners in my coffee
And half and half
And then the experiments began

I am up to five sweeteners
A hot chocolate packet
Cinnamon and a pudding mix

I should exile myself 
From coffee making except
I have my eye on the 
Marshmallow creme...

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Three sweeteners please
And add two packets of sugar
A dab of caramel silk and two shots of chocolate milk.

The woman glared at me.
This is McDonald’s she said, not a Starbucks.
You want all that in lemon tea?

Never mind, I said, feeling foolish.
I forgot that I had finally decided on tea instead of coffee.
The rest of the people in line moaned their displeasure as I left....

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The days of our youth
 now seem so long ago
and in this generational truth
 I only want to know
would you bring me roses?
 as you did back then
when love bloomed in spring throws
 and it's just a memory returned again?

A smile in sweeteners gentle perfumes
 of the lives that lay ahead
now far behind us in dreams exhumed
 when May and June hang on a thin thread.
Bring me roses once again
 from the gardens that you tend
be my lover and my friend
 my companion to the very end....

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Poetry and popcorn. 

I'll take mine warm,
popping over a slow burner,
not with hot air.
Buttered up,
salty and full of fat.

Poetry and chocolate. 

I'll take mine sweet,
not sugar-coated. 
100% cacao.
No artificial flavors, 
no artificial sweeteners, please.

Poetry and a picture show.

I'll take mine free,
with lines that keep moving
for a reason,
for a rhyme.

I'll take mine simple
in black and white.
Torn pages, a ticket stub
in my book
of memorable scraps ......

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