Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poem: "Public Displays of Confection"

This poem is today's second freebie, courtesy of new prompter Stephen Laird.  It was inspired by a prompt from my_partner_doug.


Public Displays of Confection


At first there was
the Hershey's kiss:
a simple dollop
of milk chocolate
wrapped in
demure silver.

Then came the
Hershey's hug,
milk chocolate
coated with
white chocolate.

When the
coconut creme
ones arrived,
they were
nicknamed
Hershey's
blow jobs,

and as for the
cherry cordial --
well, you can
guess where
that  went.

Although made
by another
company, it was
perhaps inevitable
that the bar of
ginseng-wasabi
dark chocolate
would be dubbed
Hershey's mindfuck.

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  • 23 comments
swirvel42

swirvel42

December 7 2011, 00:53:28 UTC 9 years ago

that made me giggle.
ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

December 7 2011, 00:58:53 UTC 9 years ago

I'm happy to hear that. Poetry fishbowl is still open if you want to drop by there and give me a prompt.
fayanora

fayanora

December 7 2011, 01:00:48 UTC 9 years ago

Hershey's Blowjob? :-D

Funny poem!
aldersprig

aldersprig

December 7 2011, 02:03:31 UTC 9 years ago

*chortle*

(I knew my first fiance was breaking up with me the day he refused the cherry on the top of my sundae.)
ysabetwordsmith

Poem

ysabetwordsmith

December 7 2011, 04:27:24 UTC 9 years ago

From the comment about the cherry on the sundae, I got "Fruitless," a free-verse poem about realizing that a relationship is not what it was thought to be.

16 lines, Buy It Now = $10
laylalawlor

laylalawlor

December 7 2011, 02:57:31 UTC 9 years ago

hee! This made me grin! :D
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

December 7 2011, 04:19:57 UTC 9 years ago

I'm glad you liked it.
siliconshaman

siliconshaman

December 7 2011, 12:49:59 UTC 9 years ago

...and now I wonder how that Hershey's mindfuck would taste...
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

December 7 2011, 19:44:53 UTC 9 years ago

Look for the combination in gourmet chocolate aisles. I think I first saw that one in an international food store. People have been putting weirder and weirder things into chocolate recently. Wasabi started showing up in my area about a year or two ago, one of the latecomers after things like cayenne and cardamom.
siliconshaman

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siliconshaman

December 7 2011, 19:59:04 UTC 9 years ago

You mean... that's a real thing?!?
Wow.. ok going to go look for that.
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laffingkat

laffingkat

December 9 2011, 02:36:57 UTC 9 years ago

Great title, and a very amusing poem. Hmm, it's not unusual for me to give chocolate as gifts, but now I may have to start renaming those chocolates. ;)
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

December 9 2011, 05:23:45 UTC 9 years ago

I'm glad you like this.

Chocolate is a popular present. It doesn't take much dressing up!
eseme

eseme

December 16 2011, 02:47:05 UTC 9 years ago

This is terribly amusing. I believe I must share it with my boyfriend at some point.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

December 16 2011, 03:29:57 UTC 9 years ago

I'm happy to hear this.
je_reviens

je_reviens

January 2 2012, 17:27:16 UTC 9 years ago

Giggle

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