Wednesday, May 11, 2016

A Square of Chocolate


A Square of Chocolate

you must take your time

my dear friend with the
irrepressible sweet tooth
confides

chocolate is an experience
concentrated and intricate
sumptuous and intimate
o’ that crescendo

she offers me a section
urging me to gaze upon it
muse on its polish, its luster
the arresting milky mahogany
hue

I do as I’m told

smell your brunette treat
breathe deeply take it in
inhale to fill yourself up
with its intoxicating essence

I begin to suspend
I do as I’m told

break the chocolate apart
you will hear a crisp snap
o’ the snap of tempered              
                chocolate

I do as I’m told

gently bite into the square
close your eyes let it melt
on your tongue and savor
palatable flavours, aromas
its consistency

I do as I’m told
                I lose myself

and whisper


I must take my time

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I had a hankering for chocolate this afternoon. My best friend is a choco-holic. I write poetry. I put all three of those things together and came up with the above.

In propinquity,
Nic

2 comments:

  1. Chocolate is the only way I know of stopping time in its tracks, and the way you have described it in this poem explains how. It is mesmerizing. I'd say it's the sexiest thing you've ever written, but I remember Eros American, so I have to settle for most sensual. I died reading it.

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  2. Chocolate is the only way I know of stopping time in its tracks, and the way you have described it in this poem explains how. It is mesmerizing. I'd say it's the sexiest thing you've ever written, but I remember Eros American, so I have to settle for most sensual. I died reading it.

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