A Hershey Bar Day
Cousin Doug’s Pay Day came today
After sixty plus years //and minus a few sweet curls.
He was a cute baby perched on the hood
Munching that cookie in his little Butter Fingers
Birthdays come and go each year
Chuckles for some // Snickers for others
But for us who are seniors // we get no Kix
Awaiting our preplanned Milky Way trip
Birthdays // reminders of times gone by
Living on Fifth Avenue next to old Mr. Goodbar
Just down the street from the neighborhood Mars Bar
Screaming Baby Ruth was really adorable
Oh, Henry // He was a pistol with the boys next door
Those 3 Musketeers are chasing Kit Kat again
Till she coughed up that hairball of Charleston Chew
Our knees now Krackle and our stomachs Mound
As we count the years Twix fat and thin
For better and for worse // we have no choice
Waiting for that birthday to come around again
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Photo: from our Family Album
Today Lillian, at d’Verse suggested we “noodle” with candy bar names and write them into a poem. We had the choice of Candy, Perfume, or Cereal. Since this was my cousin Doug’s birthday today I decided to include him in my fictional poem. How many candy bars can you count in my poem?
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Oh, laughing out loud I am….and the first laugh out loud came with this line:
“Till she coughed up that hairball of Charleston Chew” — actually I HOWLED when I read this line!
Such a fun post….many many thanks for stepping up to the challenge! LOVING this. Smiling I am.
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So glad it tickled your funny bone! I had a lot of fun making this one!
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I think you used all of them! Great!
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Yes! plus one!
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Thank You!
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It is amazing looking back at people we now know seeing them as children.
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Yes it is!
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Fun poem. Love the photo!!!
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Thanks, that is my cousin Doug many years ago!
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Is he still alive to see this posting?
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Yes, yesterday was his birthday and I posted it on his Facebook page!
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;o)
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Great job! I loved it.
Can I humbly make a edit suggestion? The first half, the candy bars are in italics and the second half not. I personally like the italics, but regardless, could you format the poem all the same? Feel free to delete or edit my comment after you’ve read it.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I went back and hopfully fixed it!
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Would love to read your book of you’ve written any😅.This is Great!
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Go to Amazon Kindle and put in my name. Look for my books there.
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Okay great!
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Hairball and Kit-kat… excellent.
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Thanks! Chuckles for you!!
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Delightful read!
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Thanks Lynn!
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Delightful- made me laugh out loud! My dog thinks I’m nuts.
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Wonderful! So glad you enjoyed it! Good you don’t have a cat!! LOL
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You squeezed them all in there, I think. Thats a sweet poem, lol
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Thank you! Yes all of them plus a Hershey Bar…my favorite!
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Hershey’s are great, I like Milky Ways
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