By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 24 February 2000

Not Nearly Enough Sugar

he's afraid of my lemonade
I'm afraid of his nickle
     it would be
    an odd trade
and who knows?
it might tickle
tickling is fun
but it can also
     be torture
and a nickle's worth of lemonade
    ain't enough
if the day's a real
       scorcher
and what if I spike it
with truth serum
or Love Potion #9?
and what if he gets tired
     of standing
       in line?
thought it would be easy
     to make
      a sale
I hear business is booming
along this street
       in hell
but he can tell
there are other
     stands in
     the shade
and girls who will
      give him
free lemonade

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