Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Stuck on you May 28, 2012

 


The longer you boil it

The thicker it gets

This paste-like thing

We devour

And devours us,

Sticky to get rid of

Even when its flavor

Is lost, or we’ve

Lost our taste for

Its flavor,

Thicker

Stickier,

The stench of which

We carry with us

Want it or not,

Too painful to rip off

Without a loss of flesh,

What made this

All so attractive

When we first

Desired it?

A candy so sweet

As to smell sweet

Back then,

And yet,

Now too sweet

To endure,

Sticking to

Our fingers and lips,

From too much

Consumption.

How do you let go

Of something

That won’t let go

Of you?

 


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