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Candy Store Sweets
by Stacie H, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, Age 14


Yesterday was nice and breezy
I didn't work, I took it easy
Walked up town to the candy store
Walked right on in through the door.

Lots of treats and goodies there
I couldn't help but stop and stare.
Jelly beans and licorice too
Cotton candy for me and you.

Bubble gum and gummy bears
I'll get fat, but, who cares?
Swedish fish and Swedish berries.
Chocolate covered on top of cherries.

Milkshakes, ice cream, sprinkles and more
I'll take two, on second thought four.
Popcorn, peppercorn, candy corn ewww
I better leave, I gotta sneeze, a-a-choo.

Maybe I should quit while I'm still ahead
I feel real tired, my jaw hurts, my stomach feels like lead
But as I keep on looking, the candy says to me;
Don't be scared, we have no calories, come on, take three

So, as I go to pay for the junk food that I've listed
Someone looks sideways at me as though I am very twisted
So I go back and ask that person what is up there bud?
They say you are buying all of that but not the land of mini putt ?

I say why no, you are quite right, I'll add that to my cart
Then someone else comes over to me, here buy these they make you fart.
Then a lightbulb comeson in-to my head
You haven't ate your dinner yet, you must, you must be fed

Something decent something good before you mess your diet
By eating all those gross yuck foods your stummy will have a riot
I say,rite you are mr booger brain
I think I'm going razy, I'm going rite insane

So i go home and meet my fridge
Then eat my cheese and build a bridge
With my keilbassa and crackers and cheese
My stummy will be mighty pleased!

Two days down the road from now
I go to my barn to milk my cow
I pull a bag of starbust candies
From my pocket they taste jstu dandy

I bite down on a strawberry one
Eww what was that on my tongue?
I go inside and look in the mirror
I scream real loud with tons of fear

My mother's gonna have a fit
Here comes another filling trip
200, and 93 dollars
That's as much as my dog's neck collar

Jezzerbajeebers oh help me
Take a deep breath and count to three
Walk inside and tell my mom
That my filling came out and show her my palm

Where I have taken a piece of skin
And put it in my tooth to mend
The whole where the filling came out
Now the filling is out of my mouth

And in the plam of my hand
Remains the filling of the band
Of teethies in my mouth to mend
For myself i will fend

I will runaway and be alone
And cry and scream and mourn and moan
Of all the regrets i have to tell
I wanna goto heaven not to hell

So my main point of my story is
Don't eat candy or pop that'll fizz
For if you do you will see
A filling come out or maybe three

And then your mom will b smokin mad
And you will lie and have to find a cab
Because your mom will say to you
Ccandy and pop, what has happened to you

Haven't I raised you to eat prim and proper
Not sum stupid runts and gobstoppers?
Forking out money every which way
Jjust so you can gain calories and say

Mom, do i look fat today?
And I say no sweetie, go play in the hay
Sso now my story comes to an end
Don't eat candy just food that i send

Grapes and fruits and veggies too
Alfalfa sprouts and cooked green poo
Yyucky yuck yucks and ewwie eww eww's
Will make a strong and beautiful you!