First wash
With water
by now you should be salivating.
Next
Position the washed stick
At a convenient angle
45, 90, 270? Depends on you.
Then
Dig your teeth
Just in-between
The hard protective layer
And the soft fibrous core.
At that point pull quickly!
For some pleasure is to be found
In the briskness and sound of tear.
Then chew tenderly
So you take in the linings of sugary molecules
That decided to secede from the core.
Hmmm…pleasure.
When this series of
‘Position-tear-and-chew’ is ended
Revealing the core
In its wet light-cream fibrous beauty,
Attack from the side or top
Wedging the core with your molar
And maybe incisor
Wedging with canine might pose threats to
Proper dentine formation.
Now
Bite off and chew!
Squeeeeze…cheeeew… squeeeeze
Savour the bliss
Slowly
Gently
There need not be any rush at this point.
Hmmm….Hmmmmm….Ecstasy!
Repeat the sequence
Forceful tear, tender chewing
Aggressive bite, gentle squeezing
You will not forget the delights
Sugarcane will grant you
As its rivulets of sucrose
Stream into your mouth
And exchange warm greetings
With your taste buds.
You will always remember
That final spurt of pleasure
that cascades down your throat
As the Sucrose Escorts
Take their place and
Sweeten Saliva’s journey
Down to the gastric chambers.
Hmmm, my favorite grass too. U capture d pleasure
Thanks. I guess I am not alone then…lol.
…but why is it called sugercane?
Well I guess it’s because it looks like a stick; cane is a synonym for stick.
And of course it is loaded with lots of ‘sugar juice’ too…lol
I don’t know what people find in that cane.
I just go for the common sugar jare
Well it would surprise you to know that apart from the immense pleasure to be derived from eating sugar cane, there are also a lot of benefits our bodies drive from it. You can check this link: lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/benefits-of-sugarcane-1882.html
I should check a link about benefits of sugar cane?
What the heck for?
Well if the emotion of pleasure won’t draw you to sugarcane, I guess the logic of its benefits might do just that….don’t you think? *LWKMD*
Don’t like it. Can’t even remember the last time I ate it.
Uncle Ray, you should try eating it exactly as my tutorial directs. I am too sure you would love it then…Lol!
It’s been a while I ate it…but I still love it.
Nice one Chemo
Thanks bruv. We are now officially partners in ‘grass consumption’ *abeg not the other kinds that put one on the high road O! lol*
Echoing @kaycee, I wonder what ppl like in that thing..but anyhow sha, to each his own. Great poem @chemokopi..
Thanks @guywriterer. I particularly like the way you separated logic from emotion; an important trait of a good critic.
You captured it well. But eating the thing na too much stress, I prefer easy ones.
Guy! The stress is part of the fun! I would prefer eating N50 worth of sugarcane (as cheap as that in the north sha) than gulping a cup of juice (which is more expensive)
Na wa o. Even sugarcane? Anyway…..
Na so O! I like dat thing no be lie and so I go nack im tori for paper…lolz!
It was a pleasure reading,just imagine if 1OO years from now somebody reads your poem and can feel your pleasure.
Awwww @khadijah …such kind words. Thanks a bunch.
100 years??
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