Hot Pepper
I'm decidedly not a spice girl
I tried a hot pepper
On my coworker’s prompt,
How was I to know
My tongue would be swamped
With horrors so spicy
A fire of agony.
I coughed up the fumes
and I felt rather dragon-y.
It settled deep in my mouth,
Burned my teeth and my gums
My heart started beating
Like an out-of-sync drum.
But it didn’t stop there,
It smoldered for hours.
Even my sug'ry lemonade
Could not stop its spice powers.
That blasted hot pepper’s
Bent on giving me grief,
But both my nostrils are clear now,
So I guess that’s a relief.
If you’d ask me to rate it,
It’s a zero of ten.
If you’re e’er asked to try one,
I would not recommend.
About the Creator
M. A. Mehan
"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
storyteller // vampire // arizona desert rat
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