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Molasses
May 28, 2012
A spoonful of molasses
It touches my tongue
Sweet, sweet
Cloying
It is saccharine
It is syrup, clinging
To my taste buds
Sugary, gritty
Granules scratching
My throat to rawness
Yet I can only swallow
More
More
The aftertaste is bitter
Stale
So I go back for more
To smother the sickness
It leaves behind
Venomous sorghum
Poison of nectarous treacle
But my supply is boundless
And I take another
Spoonful
The sweetness
Burns my throat
© Anna Y., St. Robert, MO
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