Unequal bittersweet.
The salty taste of olives sit on the tongue, and tease the tastebuds
Into submission, whilst the sweet of the fruit is almost tart in comparison.
Why are so many tastes, so much of a contrast? Why do we crave
What is not there? Why, on your pancake with cheese and bacon
Do you want syrup as well? Why the tonic with the gin?
And is the complement of flavour simply a metaphor for life?
Do we seek the bitter and the sweet? Do we look for the opposite of what
We have now, and hope for in the future?
Should we be content with the bird in our hand or look
To catch the gaudy one in the bush instead? Do we throw away
That which is ours, in order to pursue what may never be?
Do we look for the bitter and the sweet in unequal measure?
© 2ndwitch 19/04/14
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