To escape structure, I decided to skip school.
Talking two fools into going with me.
We pooled our lunch money.
Buying cherry sodas, twinkies
and a pack of Newport cigarettes...
We voted to spend our freedom in a graveyard of regret.
We told ghost stories and read headstones.
Feeling so very lucky to be alive.
Chatting about death and our dream girls
that would never meet our middle-class eyes.
We came upon a ditch at the end of the graveyard.
Where they tossed the old wreaths and flowers away,
They looked like tropical birds caught in a muddy whirlpool.
We tossed the last of the soda cans where the dead birds lay.
All of us yellowed and sick from too many cigarettes.
The bottoms of our blue jeans splashed with the day.
Leaving a million moss eaten stones behind us.
We headed for our homes-back into the land of chains...
Eating Twinkies with God
The little boy walked into the park
the sun was shining very bright
he saw a lady old and frail
the sun reflected on her hair
Who is this lady, the little boy thought
with her hair so full of light
With two Twinkies in his bag and a coke in his hand
he walked to the bench and offered her one
she accepted it gladly but no word came from her
except a bright smile and after a while
she had eaten, he shared his coke
and no word came from her except for that smile
then she held onto her cane , rose up and left
The child hurried home and said to his mom
I went to the park and had Twinkies with God
but she was very old, now isn't that odd?
his mom looked at him and said
God touched your heart and you did something nice
you saw God through her face now here's my advice
when you grow up and I am old
just think of the lady in the park
The old lady came home and entered her house
she hung up her cane and said to her spouse
I went to the park and had Twinkies with God
but he was just a child, now isn't that odd?
© Ralph Sergi
Hostess Twinkies Come to an End
By Elton Camp
But they are such a wholesome treat
And Twinkies are just such fun to eat
They are like shortcake on the outside
The center a delicious mush does hide
About 2012 the Mayans may be right
And the end of the world is in sight
A life without Twinkies many will hate
How will we maintain our body weight
Why nutritionists can react with glee
Is simply more than I am able to see
Maybe a pile of chemicals they are
But to quit making ‘em goes too far
Even if embalming fluid they do contain
On the shelves I wish they would remain
Losing pensions the workers may not like
But now they’ve lost all by going on strike
Some great man should come to our aid
Governor Christie, to do it you are bade
Become a true American hero
Save the Twinkies--make it so
No creamy Twinkies
Hostess is not the mostess
I grabbed a Ding Dong
They say all good things do not last.
“Twinkies” will become a thing of the past.
Those sponge cakes filled with vanilla crème
will for now on only exist in a dream.
The company baking Hostess cakes and Wonder bread,
has the only choice of becoming financially dead.
It has been said that labor problems and declining sales
are the major reasons why a business fails.
So say goodbye to the beloved Twinkie.
That will be one less treat for you and me.
From a news story found on AOL.com
. The yellow cream filled twinkie
A frozen delight,
Try eating it nice and cold;
Tongue enveloping
Tonsil tackling
Throat filling
Cream!
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{throw them in the freezer before you eat them}
inspired by:
sweet treat contest (Laura Mckenzie)