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Author's Note: Just a response to an English assignment. We had to write a paragraph describing something. This was my second response. The first is entitled "A Decade Under the Influence". Check it out if you like this one.

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Your teeth .You want to cry because that means it’s time to see the dentist. And you don’t like seeing the dentist for he always tells you the same thing: Cutting back on the sugar will stop the you can’t possibly do that. What would your life be without sugar?What would your life be without Nerds?At that reminder, you reach under your pillow and pull out a bright turquoise colored box. Rainbow stripes you know and love splash across the top and in big bold letters reads “Nerds”. “Tiny tangy, crunchy candy” reads the slogan near the bottom and you nod your head in agreement. Though, you can’t help but wonder, as you tilt your head back and flip open the tabbed cover of the box in one well-practised movement, why they don’t include all the other wondrous things about Nerds. Like the way they melt in two layers; first, the color, and then, the sugar. Or how they change your tongue from pink to purple to green. But, then again, you think, that would take up too much space. You lazily turn the box backwards and run your finger over the Nerds maze. You could do it with your eyes closed, you’ve seen it so many times and your eyes travel towards the ingredients. You already know the math, you’ve done it in your head a million times, yet you multiply it out. One serving has 5 of the daily values of carbs and there are 13 servings per box, so 65 of your daily sugar intake comes from this box. You aren’t surprised; the only thing that really gets you about this information is how you haven’t died yet. By now, you should probably be in a diabetic coma, but you’re still alive and kicking sans the kicking part, of course. Tilting your head back again you pour the last of the nerds in your mouth. You aren’t sad to finish it though, for five minutes later you pull another box from under the pillow and like a practised art, tilt and pour again.