A church and a candy shop,
denial and temptation,
Tranquility seduced by chocolate.
A temptress stirs a village
wearing an apron and wielding a spoon.
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Chocolate is my serpent,
it hisses with its aroma,
it tempts with its taste.
Chocolate’s addiction
lures me into its sweet web
to be consumed by the confection drug.
I seek a confession booth
to speak those two words,
“Never again.”
My confession dishonest,
I say the words to receive
a moment’s absolution.
Cast from diet’s Eden
I deny the cocoa bean’s control,
my soul lost to my chocolate sin.
©Susie Clevenger 2012
9 comments:
LoveloveLOVE that movie! Your poem is wonderful!
Your words are delicious and
I must watch this movie...thanks
Me, too! Love this.
Hi Susie, did this ever make me smile as I read this. We all have addictions of one kind or another. Chocolate is not the worst. I love the way it 'hisses with its aroma.'
Come to the dark (chocolate) side, Laundry Goddess.
Thought I left a comment, but maybe I messed up when submitting it. Loved this movie, and love your "sweet" poem. Your opening stanza:
"A church and a candy shop,
denial and temptation,
Tranquility seduced by chocolate.
A temptress stirs a village
wearing an apron and wielding a spoon."
is the PERFECT synopsis of the movie. Just gorgeous.
I almost picked this movie~
Your words are as yummy as the movie!~
Decadent and so filled with the magic and mood the movie portrays!
I know this dark temptation ;D
It's been a long time since I've seen that movie . . . :)
As I read your words, it made me crave chocolate, yet I don't think I have any in the house, urgh! :)
Susie, I don't even try to lay off the chocolate. I'm a chocoholic, and that's the way it is. I don't need a lot of it, but I need *some* every ding dong day.
That movie was wonderful! I blundered across it on tv one weekend.
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