garlic

By Jonas

i ate a piece of garlic
like it was medicine
like it was magic

hoping that the chemicals
inside the piece of produce
would course away through my veins

to burn off the mucous in my head

though i feel that i'm thinking clearly
i am distracted from
the action by the symptoms of
a lingering cold

then i wonder if the coffee i'm chasing it with
will break down the action of the garlic before it
can find my blood

but the smell on my pores reminds me that this thought
is not at all likely
but maybe instead of helping me get better

this bit of garlic just makes me stink

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© 2009 Jonas
Published on Thursday, July 2, 2009.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Deviated09 On Friday, June 28, 2013, Deviated09 (90)By person wrote:

    Mmmm... Garlic.. Nature's best food item! Screw the misconceptions and stigma of it, I still LOVE it

  • Dei On Sunday, January 13, 2013, Dei (665)By person wrote:

    clever. very clever the way you write superficial as if it were fathom deep. keeps ppl guessin' eh?

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    That's funny! I can relate to questioning the cure-all-crap of the day. : ) Scholar

  • liquid_emotion On Wednesday, May 5, 2010, liquid_emotion (323)By person wrote:

    I love garlic. LOVE it.

  • GoldenLotus On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, GoldenLotus (47)By person wrote:

    i like it! besides garlic IS one of nature's antibiotics! ;]

  • A former member wrote: Trying to think something into something else doesn't work nearly as well as it should.

  • Jonas On Thursday, November 21, 2013, Jonas (720)By person wrote:

    i love this comment.

  • A former member wrote: At least you won't have to worry about vampires or girl cooties.

  • estherbell On Thursday, July 2, 2009, estherbell (53)By person wrote:

    lol.garlic rules!!

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