Dark Licorice
Pushed back down the middle
Dark Licorice
Bursting from the wrapper
Dark Licorice
My ancient home remedy

A flavor that never runs dry
Close your eyes
Gravity pulls along its spirally tunnels
Underneath
Jumping from the roots
Of the Earth
Black Licorice
In the mouth of the ancients
Fat and happy
No wonder the garbled language
Brought forth so many dialects