Eat and eat and eat—consume the sweets!
But don’t eat too many…they’re deadly treats.
I won’t tell you how much is too much to chew,
Yet you’re not allowed out till the tasting is through.
I looked all around—oh, what a sight!
Mountains of frosting rose dazzling and bright.
Pies piled high to the sugared sky,
Cookies and chocolates stacked twice as high.
There were gumdrops glowing in glittering rows,
And lollipops taller than anyone knows,
Truffles that twinkled, caramels that gleamed,
Cupcakes crowned just as lavish as dreamed.
“I only want one,” I said with care,
Just one small bite from the banquet there.
One tiny taste, one memory sweet,
A morsel polite—no grand repeat.
But my mind slipped off down a curious hall,
Where echoes of flavors came rushing to call.
So I sampled this—and then sampled that,
Till crumbs told the tale of where I sat.
For memory, much like a table spread wide,
Invites you to linger…then pulls you inside.
One sugar-plum moment is gentle and quick,
But swallowed together, the sweetness turns thick.
For memory lays feasts that beckon you near,
Each sugary flavor a past held dear.
Yet bite after bite, the richness will sicken,
I learned reminiscing can be sweet yet sickening.