Dark Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels
rich and chewy
tough enough to break
an old man’s brittle teeth
but he don’t care
dark chocolate and
salted caramel melts
his mouth in ecstasy
so there
as he spits
out a broken
tooth or two
or three
a few more
gaps in
his smile
he sees
he’ll wait awhile
self-indulgently
daintily-now nibbling
sliding impatient tongue
over and around his
dark chocolate covered
salted caramel
fantasy
–LE
CynOp 
5 responses to “Dark Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels”
I love caramel chocolate, but don’t know if it’s worth a couple of teeth, even if imaginary ones. This reminds me of the first poem I read of yours, the Jethro Tull one. I think it’s because of the whimsical tone. Very nice!
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Thank you, Tanmay. It’s about addiction, or at least as close as I get to it…; -)
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Both were more or less stream of consciousness, put aside, then a couple minor edits before putting them out there…
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It’s amazing what happens when one thinks of a theme and then goes into full on stream of consciousness mode. It is a difficult frame of mind to cultivate, but well worth it.
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Loving the way the title plays into this fabulous read! ❤
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