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Love is like Mentos
You say
Hard on the outside
Chewy inside
With renewed anticipation
I tore your plastic wrapping
Hoping you'd fill my mouth
With your sweet, sticky essence
Yet when I try to break your oven-baked crust
I find layers of granite-hard candy instead
In desperation of getting you into my heart
I chew you
Hoping you'd find your way
Through my digestive tract
And in haste to find true love at last
I get an upset stomach
Winner of the 2001 Editor's Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry
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