cinnamon.
though it tastes bad alone,
the hands of sugar
saintly squeeze sweetness
where there was spice;
now posh
green tea.
slightly bitter,
the tickle of its leaves
down your throat
like choking on health;
you get used to it
unsweetened coffee.
what life is sometimes like;
a cup of darkness
blacking out stars,
as if ulcers could
swallow the sky
in disagreement with tongue
lemon cupcakes.
euphoric nucleus
in centre of your rhythm,
patterned palette
cross-stitching
a rainbow of
frosting.
Author notes
Jackie. 
once=>eleven in Spanish, pronounced "on-say" (Spanish nerds, feel free to correct me)
Could also just be 'once' in English like 'once upon a time'...
Reference to Posh Spice? Wasn't intentional, but uhh...yeah.
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One of my favorite mainstream songs from 2008.
***Lex, I didn't take all your edit suggestions,
but I did use some of them.
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Comments
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Keen Observation
Yourdescriptions are sublime, "where there was spice;
now posh." Indeed! An altruistic statement. "like choking on health.." reminds me of power bars, raw eggs and protein powder. All healthy, yet none are palette pleasers. However, I've heard one gets used to them. I love your style. *new fan here* I also Love your page. A no BS straightfoward Individual...I want to keep you in my pocket
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I loved your comment.
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Your useage of punctionwayness is very correct and dainty.
This makes me want some cupcakes!!!
On-say me
Joe
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Thanks.
I used it for this poem, but I have ditched it in my recent poems as well.
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strong alliterative phrases in the first stanza "saintly squeeze sweetness"
i loved the image of the "hands with sugar"
"blacking out stars,
as if ulcers could
swallow the sky
in disagreement with tongue"
- that portion was brilliant, i sat and ponderd the image for a while and it created about 25 diffrent moments all from that section of words.
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25?!!!
Your approval
means a lot.
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okay maybe not 25.
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Well, it's a nice # anyways.
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I love the choking on health line ... this is an amazing dedication poem ... number eleven?! Wow ... someone is lovely
... I love the alliteration in this poem, and it just generally has a wonderful rhythm to it ... fabuloonious!
Green tea lemonade
Llly
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Eleven dedication poems, yeah.
LMAO
There's alliteration?
Well, it wasn't intentional...
Thanks.
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Si, me gusta.
un escrito bien echo...brava, Jess...un ramo de rosa para ti
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lol, no correction there [but I have to admit, I don't think I'm a nerd]
Your personification is amazing. Let me tell you that. Stuff like:
"a cup of darkness
blacking out stars,
as if ulcers could
swallow the sky
in disagreement with tongue"
is to die for.
Amazing. Brilliant. Excellent
and all of its other synonyms.
What I didn't exactly like [but I think is intentional and basically the whole point of the poem] was the
way the different food was mentioned in the poem. I guess I'm trying to say that it felt very seperated from the poem although it relates.
I don't think I ever make sense some days.
♥x.
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It's okay, you're definitely allowed to hate the entire point of the poem...LMFAO.
Thanks.
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I didn't know once was spanish...I see it as the english version...obviously..lol. Love how you see the simple everyday things, best bit to me is
'as if ulcers could
swallow the sky
in disagreement with tongue'
nice tinge of darkness there. Fantastic write!
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I see it both ways.
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LOL Posh Spice lol got that without seeing the AN's Pretty smart me lol but seriously green tea is good for ya so it shouldn't taste that good. C
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LMAO Jacks doesn't like green tea
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onche i guess
with a che like in che guevara
oh well watever
i don't habla anyways
check your suggestions
but I like it anyways
how about thinking about inventing a migraine vignette category?
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Ohmygod, one of my friends is...was? Related to the late Che Guevara.
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you think that's funny?
had a friend made entirely out of cinnamon -
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Are your pants made from fire?
You're kidding.
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no my pants are made of fireworks
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lol is that where the sun went lol I just thought it was nightfall
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hehe firework pants now that's a cracker of an idea
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I concur.
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soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
amazing.
roo
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Thank you sooooo much.
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OMG!! I love love love this!!! And I'm coming back tomorrow when I'm more alert to do a proper comment on this..hehehe... you remember all the crap we talk about
cinnamon. <== on it's own
.. with sugar.. heavenly goodness .. hehe.. am I spicy?
I love Becks Woot! So I'll forgive the reference to Posh LMAO
green tea. <== Ok ok.. I'll give it another go.. geez! LOL Being the health nut I am
unsweetened coffee. <== hell yeah! But
yeah.. my life is sometimes a cup of darkness.. and and.. I get stomach ulcers 
But I love love love this bit!!!
lemon cupcakes. <== where the HELL can I get some!!!
I'm a lemon cupcake in the centre!! Yayy... I love that.. aww heh ...
The referenc to cross-stitch.. soooo cool, the way you've used it.. aww again
Thanks for another awesome poem!!!!
As always.. you
my face off (yeah I know.. stealer lol)
♥♥
(ok.. so I ended up doing the long comment hahaha.. couldn't help myself)
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That isn't a proper comment?
Well okay, I wouldn't mind another one.
You're welcome
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I ended up just writing a proper one.. got carried away
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Gotcha
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