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Peanut M&M's

What would you do for peanut m&m's?

By Camille Ora-NicolePublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Peanut M&M's
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How dare little brother

Eat your peanut m&m's

He's too young, he doesn't

Know what you had to do

For those peanut m&m's

You sacrificed your bliss

For those peanut m&m's

Put out your wrists, allowed

The world to slit

For those peanut m&m's.

I remember all those late nights

You piecing together ends

To make everything seem alright

So long as we got around the bend

Sewing machine was on the bench,

AAA was on their way,

We wouldn't see a rainy day

If we just ignored the rain.

I remember all those late nights

I sat with you under bright lights

As you did the "right thing",

Drank from Pierian spring

In the classroom of a university

That didn't mind me

Because everyone in that classroom

Was going through the same thing.

I remember all those mornings

One bathroom, three young things

A young thing with young things

30 doesn't mean the same thing

These days. We were swept away

By necessity, mornings turned

To evening, exhausted rise

Exhausted sleep but it's worth it, right?

Right?

All the things you do

For some peanut m&m's

A whole slew hiding,

A jar of peanut m&m's

Necessary distance, to

Stop deserving fingers

From eating peanut m&m's

At a blasphemous rate.

Nowadays though, you can

Afford the peanut m&m's

Damn little brother though

Making you have to raise

Your weary bones

To buy more.

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About the Creator

Camille Ora-Nicole

Hi! I'm a writer, artist, placemaker, and producer from Southern California. When I'm not writing, I'm drawing, and if i'm not drawing I'm working on a project, and if not doing any of that, i'm Netflix and chillin'. IG: @oracami_studio

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