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Ditching Spearmint MAG

March 3, 2010
By wombatz-rule GOLD, Montrose, Minnesota
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Cinnamon smacks
of Big Red gum
tongues tingling
spicy words in
heated air
Just this once
I don't want
fresh mint
to cool me down.

© Mary A., Fullerton, CA

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niciolah SILVER said...
on Mar. 30 2016 at 1:06 am
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Favorite Quote:
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This has such vivid imagery, and the sense of taste is used so rarely in literature, it gives your poem such a unique and submersive effect! Well executed!!