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The Food Critic MAG
March 19, 2010
I can feel it
In the back of my mouth
Like a mystery flavor
Hard to define
Sweet and syrupy
Too sweet
Too syrupy
Like molasses
Dripp
i
n
g
Down my throat
Like sickly medicinal
Red liquid
Grandmother once
Forced down the tunnel
Like a plane crash landing
In your mouth
“Don't open wide!
It's a trick!”
I know this taste.
I know this flavor.
It's the aftertaste … of a lie
Sitting thickly (so sweet, so sickly)
Like a wad of guilt
Ready to expose me
Because:
The last thing said was
The lie that I told was
What I didn't really mean was
I love you.
© Michelle N., Tuba City, AZ
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This article has 6 comments.
beautifulspirit PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 15 2012 at 7:40 am
Cool poem~ I like the title, "The Food Critic." It works!
Anonymous_7 SILVER said...
on Sep. 22 2011 at 9:40 pm
Would you mind commenting/rating my work? Thanks!
Anonymous_7 SILVER said...
on Sep. 22 2011 at 9:39 pm
Amazing! I love how you wrote this! Especially the Dripping part! Nice job.
Nonononono said...
on Jul. 28 2011 at 10:08 am
Nice work! Very well written. God bless you!
CupCake023 BRONZE said...
on Nov. 30 2010 at 12:15 pm
I like this poem very well done =)
