Sugar sweet sounds

Keep them in my pocket /

Those candied nothings

just melt in my mouth /

Asleep in their jam jars

til I bring them out /

I’m shaking, no one can see

They melt in my mouth

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Twinkly silence

Your confectioner’s dust /

Throwing bread

Always tricks the ducks /

And slowly they starve

bellies big and full of crust /

It’s just nothing to us /

It all melts in the mouth

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I offer smiles

Ripen the evenings /

Stars don’t wither on the vine /

Pick them fresh from my eyes /

But you won’t even try /

Glisten cold under a December sky /

Clean my teeth, don’t cry

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All those Sugar sounds

They keep me happy /

Last longer than you’d think /

When the cupboards empty, I search my pockets

tell myself to eat /

Tucked under the sheets

No one but me /

Press play and then repeat /

It all melts in my mouth / so sweet

2025