Box of Chocolates

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I should probably close the box of chocolates.
They are delicious - delicious in an unhealthy way.
Some are filled with joy, others with sadness.

End it now before I get fat -
Fat with regret.
But they are so delicious.

Why am I talking about chocolates?
Why am I not addressing the actual problem?
Because illogical metaphors are better.

This is poetry.
This is art.
This is an iceberg allusion.

Keep the box open.
Eat the chocolates.
Enjoy what you get, and hate what you get.

You choose which chocolates to eat.
You choose which chocolates to spit out.
You choose which chocolates to melt.
You choose which chocolates to save till the box is almost empty.

I came across a chocolate filled with coffee-flavoured cream.
I dislike coffee.
I tried to eat it, I tried really hard.

I can’t spit it out.
I’m not ready.
The flavour is appalling.
But I want to like it.

Torture, tears, pain.
Spit it out, for crying out loud.

I spit it out,
But the remnants of coffee lingers.
Close the box.

Submitted: November 03, 2016

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hullabaloo22

An interesting poem. Eating chocolates to avoid problems.....yes, lots of people do that I guess but why eat coffee cream when you hate coffee?? Very enjoyable to read. A good write.

Fri, November 4th, 2016 1:27pm

fish man

I am not a poem writer, but I do enjoy a good poem. I think that diets are overrated when I need to lose weight I need to increase my anxiety level in life because when I am totally stressed as We all are from time to time, I can't eat or sleep, but I can work very hard. I know that this is the opposit for most poeple your writing brought that out to me life can be hard sometimes. Good job keeps us thinking out here in Booksie land

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