Archive for August 7, 1991

C-A-N-D-Y

Posted: August 7, 1991 in Poetry
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Death I smelled tonight As I homeward rode my bike: PEZ candy. Pedalling with the speed Of a frightened child, This one thought of horrifying familiarity; That Death smelled exactly Like PEZ candy. Hills rose to belabor my lungs And plunged to struggle my brakes As I smelled that candy, Dashing from lake to lake [...]