{"id":320914,"date":"2020-04-14T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=320914"},"modified":"2020-04-14T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:00:56","slug":"dream-reality-enigma-adenosine-triphosphate-meaning-sonnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dream-reality-enigma-adenosine-triphosphate-meaning-sonnets\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream: Reality Enigma Adenosine Triphosphate Meaning Sonnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>N.I.G.H.T.: Nightmare Indigestion Gastro\u00a0Heartburn Tales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was probably pickles radish and cold ice creams<br \/>\nthat gave me heartburn what some call indigestion<br \/>\nit became a nightmare ruining my food dreams<br \/>\nmy thoughts turn to puke at fried pickles suggestion<br \/>\nchronic dyspepsia at every single baseball game<br \/>\nwarm beer chili dogs ketchup\u00a0onions\u00a0and mustard<br \/>\nbags of spicy hot corn chips made my mouth aflame<br \/>\na fried dill pickle dipped in chocolate vanilla custard<br \/>\nmight have been pickled eggs from the jar at the bar<br \/>\nor pizza and chili fries covered with cheese and hot garlic sauce<br \/>\nor that bag of jalapeno beef jerky I chewed in the car<br \/>\nthe Mighty Sparrow sings \u201cda Man With the Pepper Sauce Is Boss\u201d<br \/>\nnow all day and all night long burping and farting<br \/>\nits either heartburn or more indigestion starting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delicioso Daydreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t confuse delicious food fun taste with humble pies<br \/>\ncookie crumb crust cream puff and sweet summer berry<br \/>\nattraction to all ants bees wasps and blue bottleneck\u00a0flies<br \/>\nstrawberry rhubarb apple and white chocolate cherry<br \/>\nIt is those comestibles we live by a basic staple of our life<br \/>\nbread rice noodles fish meat cheese vegetables and fruit<br \/>\nfor grandpa grandma children brothers sisters and wife<br \/>\npotatoes baked boiled mashed smashed a staple root<br \/>\na chowder a sautee\u00a0a chicken broth gumbo or fricasee<br \/>\npancakes with real maple syrup papaya upside down cake<br \/>\nat breakfast lunch dinner\u00a0and snack time go inside of me<br \/>\nwashed down with water wine or beer make no mistake<br \/>\nbring it all to me as I drool my big mouth open wide<br \/>\nand lift this food by chopstick spoon or fork\u00a0to my inside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Double Duty Daydreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Double up on the mashed potatoes and gravy<br \/>\ndouble down on your big bet at the cockfight<br \/>\ndouble trouble bowls of\u00a0beans pinto or navy<br \/>\ndouble rings around the moon\u00a0last night\u00a0<br \/>\non that waffle cone a butterscotch double dip<br \/>\non trampoline a backward\u00a0twist\u00a0and double flip\u00a0<br \/>\non the stick shift column a quick double clutch<br \/>\ndouble your pleasure double your fun gum bubble<br \/>\nLily is out on the levee doing a double twist<br \/>\ngulp that sweet icy lemonade on the double<br \/>\na double decker cheeseburger is hard to resist<br \/>\nhere come twin brothers guarantee double trouble<br \/>\nboth splishing and splashing in a big mud puddle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joey \u201cPepe Batbon\u201d Connolly is a retired teacher and poet living on Tinian who taught English in CNMI public schools for the past 30 years. 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