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Snake fruit

Kissing you, every single time

Manischewitz

Marshmallow

Dancing slow

Aspartame

Xylitol

My name in your mouth

Carrots

Cola

Your name in mine

BITTER

Coffee

Pith

Apricot pits

“What now, Mama?”

Endive

Grapefruit supremes

Baseball games and little leagues and father-son anything

Radicchio

Radish

Certain days of the year, no matter how much time goes by

Peppers

Poison

Losing a friend, your best, your brother

Onion, raw

Losing a parent, the one that understood

Burnt bread

Burnt sugar

Burnt liver

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