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Candyfloss

by evie-brill-paffard

I am sorry That I was hungry and you were weak I was insatiable What I had was not enough And you were there Irresistible Sweet and perfumed As coy and cloying as candyfloss I had to consume you And throw away the paper stick Damp from my tongue
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evie-brill-paffard
Published
May 31, 2016
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I wrote this poem in less than a minute as an exercise about writing from the perspective of someone whose viewpoint you disagree with but empathise with.

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#poem#metaphor#soft#candyfloss
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