Mr. Candy Man’s Poison

Beware of Mr. Candy Man

A Blow Pop for you

a Blow Pop for you too

suck through the sugared coating

and chew

chew

chew.

There we are

saliva's pleasure he advises

that moment when swallowing the sweetness

conjures up but more solution

for kneading the chewy potion

into workable and persuasive attention

filling the bubble of one's labors

with vacuous noisy potential until

pop

stick

mess

miasmic aftermath.

But wait

that's not me we say

while assigning the mucous of guilt to others

no

no

no

we don't partake in pleasure's decay.

But let he who has never indulged a candy man's persuasion

show his pearly whiteness devoid of such erosion

and we'll show him and his clones of denial

lining up behind closed doors to receive

their cosmetic fix

to once again

indulge their addiction to

Mr. Candy Man’s Poison