A Lover's Obsession

The Writer's Cramp (1 Feb 2025). A poem written for National Dark Chocolate Day.

A Lover’s Obsession

A woman politely asked her lover,
“What would you like for breakfast, my dear?”
“You already know the answer,” he said,
a hunk of dark chocolate and beer.”

“But honey,” she calmly said back to him
“Wouldn’t that make a better dessert?
How ‘bout some muesli and berries instead?”
“Aw c’mon”, he said, “What will it hurt?”

“Your waist,” she chided him, clearly annoyed,
“All that sugar will make you gain weight.”
“Okay, fine”, he relented, “I give in,
but please put something good on my plate.”

So the woman made him fluffy pancakes
with a token of her affection
for sprinkled atop her lover’s flapjacks
were shavings of a dark confection.

“My chocolate!”, he shrieked, with pure delight.
“Thank you, thank you, my sweet Guinevere!”
“You’re very welcome, my dear Lancelot,
but you’re not getting a drop of beer!”


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The Writer's Cramp (1 February 2025).
Prompt: February 1 is National Dark Chocolate Day! Write a story or poem featuring someone obsessed with dark chocolate.