Friday, September 29, 2023

a world without sugar

without
sugar, it occurred to me,
that there
would be
no holidays.
no pumpkin pies,
or cakes, no candy
to hand out on Halloween.
no Christmas
candy in
grandmom's little
plates,
or  mince meat pie,
or fruit cake.
no easter bunnies
made
of chocolate,
or statues of Jesus
or Mary
with almonds imbedded
inside.
no jelly beans,
no peeps.
no valentines box
of sweets,
no candied yams
at Thanksgiving or
cranberries soaked
in sugar.
no more caramel apples
to break out teeth.
Sansa belt and stretch
pants
would no longer
exist.
dentists would all
at last die.


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