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Don't You Want a Taste?
Your tongue must be suffering
from the spicy taste
of the pickled chilies.
Don't you want a taste
of this sweet after sour flavour?
Freedom is a scarce fruit
with a sweet aftertaste.
Why linger in your miseries?
Happiness is on sale
and currently free of charge;
why not have a taste of it,
a taste of a different flavour?
Forgiving yourself and others
is salty and crisp
and gives your gums
an exercise of great worth.
Have you not eaten enough of that bitter spice?
Don't you want a taste of tranquility?
Let your mind smile now;
let it know rest.
© Imole Olusanya
from the spicy taste
of the pickled chilies.
Don't you want a taste
of this sweet after sour flavour?
Freedom is a scarce fruit
with a sweet aftertaste.
Why linger in your miseries?
Happiness is on sale
and currently free of charge;
why not have a taste of it,
a taste of a different flavour?
Forgiving yourself and others
is salty and crisp
and gives your gums
an exercise of great worth.
Have you not eaten enough of that bitter spice?
Don't you want a taste of tranquility?
Let your mind smile now;
let it know rest.
© Imole Olusanya
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