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Author: Thea Lowe
Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Reviews: 10 - Published: 12-26-03 - Updated: 12-26-03 - id:1481303
WARNING!!!! This is a crazy poem like thing that I wrote one day when I was
feeling extremely random. I like chocolate ^.^

There was once a memory that I had
About a strange man who came to my door
It was in my bedroom, though
And he asked if I was feeling well

I told him that I was and
Being polite, I asked on his health
Not well at all
Was his reply
I didn't ask why

It seemed that we
Stood like that for a while
Wondering what the other was thinking
Until he inquired upon it
I said nothing

The memory grows stranger still
The man gave me chocolate
And told me that it would solve
All of life's persistent questions

Very well

I ate the chocolate
It was good but
It seemed to be lacking something
I told the man
But he just shrugged
Life's questions can't all be answered
In chocolate he said

He stood there for some more time
I began to wonder
If he'd ever leave
No
No, he wasn't going to
And so he didn't

I can't seem to remember
How long the strange man
Stood at the door of my bedroom
And tried to offer me more chocolate
But I wasn't hungry

Now that I think back on it
I really can't recall
If there really was chocolate involved
It might have been instead
The offer for a free trip
To a far off island that
No one's ever heard about

Finally the man left me
Alone in my room
And I seem to recall falling asleep
And dreaming about waking up
And discovering that I was
Late for school

In that weird dream my mother
Screamed that I had missed
The school bus which was now gone
She seemed to tell me to
Not lay around and hurry get up
You WILL be late

I seemed to consider the offer
I inquired if there was chocolate involved
No, she said
Get out of bed and STOP dreaming

I informed her that I couldn't
Since I was already dreaming
Or was I?

Had indeed
That strange man who offered
Me amazing chocolate which
Would answer everything
Really just a dream???
Of course not, silly mother
I mean
Doesn't it happen to you everyday?



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