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Taste The Up-Throw

perspiciens's picture
Submitted by perspiciens on June 17, 2008 - 19:57.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple

Cherry
Orange
Lemon
Lime
Blueberry
Grape

Twizzlers
Gobstoppers
Sour Patch Kids
Skittles

Yum

Yuck

Filled with dye
Actually makes me cry
As I expell
The color
From my stomach
Feels like I'm in hell

I throw up
What I shouldn't have eaten
No real food
Just candy
All day
It's not the way
To spend your life
Getting sick
Causing strife

Go to the movies
Eat the chemicals
Half way through
Sprint to the bathroom
Hope you're not going to die

It sucks

Candy's addicting
Tastes so good
Hurts so bad
Uses all the ATP
Your body ever had
To get rid of the crap
Make sure it never
Comes back

Stop eating
You tell yourself
To what end?
You can't mend
The formation of tastebuds
That love
The sugary
Fruity
Goodness

Help

They want you
To taste the rainbow
All I'm tasting is
The up-throw

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