Colour-Flavour Blitz
Oh, step right up and grab a cup, let neon towers gleam!
We’re freezing down the rainbow for that summer-chilling dream.
Forget your boring apple, and your basic, standard grape,
Slushie machines operate in a wild, poetic shape.
Behold, Blue Raspberry—which doesn't exist in nature,
A glowing, sapphire liquid of questionable stature.
It turns your tongue a cosmic shade, a terrifying dye,
But tastes like pure nostalgia from a July of days gone by.
Beside it spins the Tiger’s Blood, a fierce and mighty brew,
Which sounds like it belongs inside a solstice barbecue.
But don't you fret, it's watermelon, coconut, and strawberry,
A tropical vacation that is sweet and sprightly merry.
Then dare to brave the toxic depths of Sour Apple Shock,
A chartreuse so bright it rivals all uranium in stock.
It makes your puckered eyeballs weep, your jawline start to shake,
A grandest brain-freeze catalyst that science had to make.
We’ve got the Monster Mango, and the Cherry Blast Supreme,
The Fairy Floss Blizzard from a carnival-tinted dream.
Each name is louder than the last, a marketing delight,
To tempt you toward a sugar rush at seven PM at night.
So, pull the sticky lever, let the icy slurry flow,
Mix three or four together for a tie-dye coloured show.
It’s a frozen cup of chaos, with a name that’s way too loud—
This undisputed champion of the sweaty summer crowd!
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Author:
crypticbard (Pseudonym) (
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Comments4
What a refreshing poem of pleasure. Beware the aftereffects of sugar, dyes and additives that may pickle a person in their socks. Well done a most colorful and tasteful poem of delight
Yes, beware! Glad for Summer Daze days🙏🏻🙏🏻
Don't touch the stuff Cryptic no soft drinks either Cryptic used to be an addict of soda--pop been dry for twelve years
Good write A.
Thanks O🙏🏻🕊️
'Each Name is louder than the last'. Like it.
Never had a Slushie. My Fillings are doing the 'China Syndrome' thinking about it.
Enjoyed.
Try not to, here. Successfully. And get the non-sugar variety. Not that that's healthier in any sense. The icy sweetness is the allure, perhaps. 🙏🕊️
My friend, this was just plain fun from beginning to end. The playful energy never lets up, and it captures the wonderfully over-the-top world of slushie flavors with a grin the whole way through. Loved this one, arqios! 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Yay! Hope you have a smashing Summer, T🕊️🙏🏻👍🏻😍
Thank you, kind sir. Wishing you a warm winter! At least we can live vicariously off our hemispheric polarities! 🌈🩷🙏🛒
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