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Chocolate and Tylenol
by Bruce W Niedt
A friend confides her love of chocolate
at lunch – sweet-bitter taste on parted lips,
aroma waft to nose, the melt on hot
wet tongue, and brown smear licked from fingertips.
But headaches are the price she pays for lust
of cocoa-flavored sweets, and she admits,
I like it so, I cannot quit – I trust
in analgesic pills before it hits.
She’d rather risk effects of her excess
Than do without this sweet surrender,
and deems this regimen a fair success
when dealing with a frequent chocolate bender.
And that’s just how it is with you for me,
Except I’ve yet to find your remedy.
01/11/2006 Author's Note: [Second Prize for Poetry, Philadelphia Writer's Conference, 2006. First published in U.S. 1 Worksheets, Vol. 54, SPring 2007.]
Posted on 01/12/2006
Copyright © 2025 Bruce W Niedt
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 01/12/06 at 08:28 AM Oh what a tasty poem! The ending is sweeter than any chocolate...made me smile...an unexpected perfect turn of words. |
| Posted by Tom Goss on 01/12/06 at 07:51 PM Nicely done. I don't like rhyme, but you cover it with distinctive chocolate here, so it goes down just right. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/13/06 at 04:44 AM Heck with the cure...the sickness is delicious. Nice write, Bruce. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 01/16/06 at 04:18 PM Oooooooooh! Delightful, Bruce. Yes, the ending made me smile, too! Wonderful concept and analogy! |
| Posted by Paganini Jones on 05/02/11 at 06:47 PM Oh those last two lines that lift it from amusing to something else as well! I love it!
And now a featured poem for Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought :) |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 05/06/11 at 05:32 PM I know so well the willingness of doing the crime with the impending "time" hanging over me, having suffered many chocolate/sugar migraines. Your final couplet is terrific. |
| Posted by Gail Wolper on 12/04/12 at 09:10 PM Delightful piece. Love the way you close it! |
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