Love and Lollipops (03/06/08)

Love and Lollipops (03/06/08)

A Poem by Jaden
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Written for a prompted poetry contest awhile back.

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strawberry lollipop;
sweet and delicious
before cavities.

cavities happen
to other people;
not to me."
you think.

years of lollipops later,
something hurts.

sure enough, your
sugar-love flings
have eaten away
at you.

cavities hurt
when drilled.
you swear
never to eat a
strawberry lollipop
again

after this next one.

© 2008 Jaden


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Sweet! I was thrown off at:
"cavities happen
to other people;
not to me."
you think.

years of lollipops later,
something hurts."
I got lost there, still sweet nonetheless.

Posted 15 Years Ago



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Jaden
Jaden

Dallas, TX



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Greetings, everyone. I'm Jaden (pen name) and this is my little spot on the web to post a spot of my poetry and/or other writing that I remember. I mostly write poetry. Not particularly good poetr.. more..

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