Slimy Sucker

"Candy" by Parshotam Lal Tandon

The little worm slowly and painfully dies

As I penetrate its outer disguise.

Eaten bit by bit, three by three

Chomp                                    Chomp                                    Swish                          Swish

Slimy sections slide silently

                                          into

                                             the

                                              dark

                                               abyss.

I’m sure by now no life still lingers

In its squishy tail I roll between my fingers.

My eyes dance and glimmer and scoff

At the shiny end where I just bit off.

Before its utter destruction, I pause

Then into my mouth the last bit draws.

I wrote this poem as an assignment my sophomore year of high school. We were told to describe what it felt like eating a gummy worm.