chock a lot

a (long) one-line poem* by Ernio Hernandez

original photo by Pete Linforth

If…
you put a little in the middle of a riddle and give a little swivel to your swizzle stick,
you’re gonna wanna ‘nother for your undercover lover but don’t hover like a mother,
just trust, don’t cuss and make a fuss,
wait a little longer and the middle comes on stronger and the swivel isn’t wrong or bust, my brother,
then the chocolate that’s inside grows chock a lot and wide
from that little in the middle that you swiveled
to the chiseled chunky hunk of trunk now a hulking bulk of chocolate this thick.

[*Inspired by Tremaine L. Loadholt’s prompt.]

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