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Title:       Mint
Date:        2025-04-06
Link:        https://spool-five.com/poetry/2025_apr06_mint/
Word Count:  220
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> Today’s prompt (optional, as always) veers slightly away from our
> ekphrastic theme. To get started, pick a number between 1 and 10. Got
> your number? Okay! Now scroll down until you come to a chart. Find the
> row with your number. Then, write a poem describing the taste of the
> item in Column A, using the words that appear in that row in Column B
> and C. For bonus points, give your poem the title of the word that
> appears in Column A for your row, but don’t use that word in the poem
> itself.

| Row | Column A   | Column B      | Column C     |
|-----|------------|---------------|--------------|
|   1 | Ginger     | Snap          | Opulent      |
|   2 | Honey      | Sizzle        | Velvet       |
|   3 | Cinnamon   | Wheeze        | Golden       |
|   4 | Tea        | Cuckoo        | Unfit        |
|   5 | Oranges    | Gurgle        | Irreverent   |
|  6* | Mint       | Boing         | Primitive    |
|   7 | Watermelon | Splash        | Mocking      |
|   8 | Banana     | Rasp          | Unpardonable |
|   9 | Lemongrass | Pitter-Patter | Eager        |
|  10 | Cilantro   | Drip          | Gentle       |



Candy, Tea, Gum

First, a train
Then,
It's like - boing -
and the movie goes
back in time

South Korea in the eighties

Three beetles were scraping across
shallow waters
In primitive times
Wondering
If the texture of water
Is universal for all creatures?

Tiny droplet on dark
green leaf
Pattern like armour
Clustered together

For safety

Steeped in hot water
Rainy evening

Or chewed on,
for an hour by kid

And spat out

And wondering if the texture of gum 
is universal for all creatures?