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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/779439-Aftertaste-------A-poem-a-day-in-April--1-
by Joy
Rated: 18+ · Book · Drama · #1253431
Poetry in April -- in celebration
#779439 added April 1, 2013 at 11:08am
Restrictions: None
Aftertaste --- (A-poem-a-day in April) -1-
First order: Shirley Temple
Not the booze, but the oozing of sweetness
dimples, face glowing like the moon under one huge hair ribbon

Second Order: Princeton Punch
Not bourbon or rye, but schools in variety
and a sapling tearing herself to tower over tall trees

Third Order: Valentine Twist
whirlpool of passions, but damsel of the bitter kind
human heart, in weakness, growing a prickly feeling

Fourth Order: Flaming Volcano
Not rum or brandy, but purpose, resolve
after Sojourner Truth, rejecting Kewpie dolls

Fifth Order: Mother’s Day Cocktail
fizz, bitter-lemon fatigue, but sweet fruit, mint
and lukewarm dreams drawing up inventories of scars

Last Order: Elderflower Liqueur
brouhaha quieting down, but hearth smelling of ashes,
then, final folly with inside voice rattling, “What is the right journey for humanity?”

And

“Why didn’t I just live!”



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Prompt: Human Folly

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