Sweetest poison
White crystals all around
Delectable ice cream
Cakes and pies – obvious to the eyes
And yet this poison
In deceptive foods it hides
These carriers of sugar
Prey on your liver, heart, life’s blood
Can you taste it?
Yes and yet
The populace are slaves
Rise up then!
Claim your health
From sugared fiends
Cast out the culprit from your house
Your plate, and cultural demands
Life is still delightful without the sweet tooth
And fear the night of Halloween
Not for the ghosts and ghouls
But the candy freely given
There’s more tricks than treats in that goody bag!
Written for dVerse in the style of Futurism, which is aggressive, makes use of free verse, and advocates change.
For more information on how sugar impacts your health visit SugarScience, which is run by health scientists from the University of California, San Francisco.
An antisugar revolution... we need that
ReplyDeleteI am trying to but at times it is difficult ~ I think we have to start early to avoid the bad effects of too much sugar ~
ReplyDeleteI like they way you have nailed the tooth decayer but sugar is just the scapegoat of gluttony
ReplyDeleteA sweet tale of the perils of sugar. There are indeed too many additives hidden in our food and drink purely for profit.
ReplyDeleteQuite impressive ❤️ and a significant message too!
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