dVerse — Poetics Tuesday — When Little Devil Snickers

Front cover of the first US edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman When Little Devil SnickersLookin for a Bit-O-Honey,strollin’ down Sweet Avenue,what did this Kit Kat see?Big Hunks, bending aleelbows at the cafe;Three Musketeersgeared in Medieval cosplay, Sugar Babies,Waxed Mustachio Twizzlers, Tootsie Roll Red Hots.Sweetart’s got a…

Doodads — Candy — worst? best?

Aside from Halloween and Easter, Christmas is the season with a lot of candy lying about.  Last night, for some reason I was thinking about candy I like and candy I don’t like.  Starting with candy that I find to be inedible, two come to mind:  orange circus peanuts and Milky Way bars. Worst Orange…