Soylent Green
All froot loops in the world
taste the same
but there are no fruit in those loops
the dyes are arbitrary
meant to trick our brains
into thinking colors are different
but they aren’t
it’s all lies
Dahmer could have taught us that
we are all the same inside.
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Floating along, nice observations, then bang – the last line! Didn’t see that coming. Great poem.
Hell of a twist in those last two lines! Gonna be thinking about that for a while!
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Nice one Aaron!!!!!
Eww and what would he have said. I am now envisioning Yelp reviews written by Dahmer: 30 something urban male, shitty car, cool shoes, decent hair, 5’11” 169lbs.
Notes of charcoal, man cave, slightly gamey,