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For our MMWP this week, let’s write a poem, essay or short fiction in which we use a commercial product as a metaphor.
METAPHOR:
noun
1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
I’ve chosen Trident Layers Chewing Gum–in case you haven’t had it, it comes in three layers of flavors. Here’s how I compared it to a sunset:
Trident Layers ™
Bite into it.
Bursts of
wild strawberry,
tangy citrus,
green apple
golden pineapple.
Yesterday evening’s
sky at dusk—
turquoise bleeding
into rose
molded into
a bronze goddess.
Savor deeply
beauty and pain.
Life tenders
her gifts—
the taste of longing
lingers.
I hope you will post a link to your work in the comments section of this post!
Palm Desert-Photo: D. Slotto
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 