Sour Patch Kids
By Daisy Dai
I can’t eat sour patch kids
Without thinking about you
Or any sour gummy candy for that matter
Because I know they were your favorite
You would always buy them
Which surprised me at first
I hadn’t bought candy since I was a kid
Especially not to eat on my own
In my mind adults buy candy for Halloween
To bring smiles to innocent trick-or-treaters
Or as unassuming gifts to acquaintances
I was more of a chocolate person
But we never really ate those
Because I didn’t buy candy
But we would share the ones you would buy
And I grew to love sour patch kids too
Especially the red ones
I felt like they tasted the sweetest
Pairing nicely with the initial hit of sour
But now it feels weird to eat any
Sour gummy candy
Especially sour patch kids
They have a distinct taste that
Separates them from
All the sour gummy candies
And that taste in my mouth
Tastes too much like you
Our relationship was like a
Reverse sour patch kid
At first so intoxicatingly sweet and
Gradually bitterly sour
With no sugar to kill the
Sharp sting of artificial acidity
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