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Issue No. 1

How Does Chocolate Taste in the Rain?

slick like coffee oils or butter rum
doubly arrogant with cream
tonight an experiment
walking the bank
we soak rectangular wafers
holy & godless
they announce their intent to our tongues
rain changes everything
us & chocolate
I the Hershey's Milk
you the Special Dark
one bite one answer
"seaweed"
how I imagine seaweed tastes
a slimy exoskeleton enriched by sugar
I the Krackel
you the Goodbar
sky cools our faces
candy coaxes & coats lips
we trade words
aphrodisiacs
each pulling the other
into conversation's bed
"green" I say
"bitter" you tell me
"knew it would be different"
we leave the half-full bag
on a park bench near a snoring lush
final words
inked on foil wrapper
"rain & chocolate
tomorrow will be better"

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