Enjoy something sweet on Big Sky Buckeye and hopefully share a laugh with me! Due to his crusade against sugar (and successfully keeping his blood sugar under control), he cannot even remember the last time that such a treat touched his lips.
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Simple, yet decadent pleasures they are
Being quite easy to locate from your car
Driving down the road each day
Now you wonder what it is, I say
The coffee’s on and ready to go
Include a doughnut for the road
Missing doughnuts for so many weeks
Passing them up is never for the meek
Call them “donuts”, many Americans say
For me, I prefer “doughnuts” to this day
My doctor instructs me, “No sugar for you!”
Now my doughnut days are sadly through
However, doughnut temptation sings a song
If I reach for one, there is a deafening gong!
Sorry mister, there will never be doughnuts for you
So I continue down the road, singin’ the sad blues
Who made the doughnut hole in the middle?
Now that has always been quite the riddle
Waking up in the middle of a lonesome night
Dreaming of doughnuts makes a sugary sight
While some folks are addicted to Krispy Kreme
My doughnut tastes envision a different theme
Boston Cream, Long John, and Jelly
All sound delicious to my hungry belly
Old-fashioned, Sour Cream, and Glazed
Why can’t I enjoy a simple one today?
Now in my car and hungrily driving at midnight
The Jolly Pirate Donut shop stays open all night
I pull into the empty parking lot with sad surprise
The sign reads, “Closed tonight”—alas no prize!
This poem could continue on and on and on for sure
Does anyone have a doughnut to share with this sir?
Here’s a final footnote:
In the classic film of “It Happened One Night”
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert are a fright
Gable, the newspaper man, enlightens
Colbert, the heiress, never frightens
As they travel the back roads and stop
For a cup of hot coffee at a tiny shop
. . . with doughnuts for dunkin’
In case you missed some past sweet posts, here are some links to take you back for more. Enjoy!
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Mmm, doughnuts!
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope that you enjoyed just a little sweetness.
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I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine blogger award! Check out my post 🙂
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Thanks Kim. I will check out the post later. I appreciate you honoring me in this manner, and I am quite humbled.
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With Celiac Disease, I too have to watch my blood sugar. My wife makes tasty little gluten free doughnuts that are low in sugar. They are also egg, soy, and dairy free. I have not been out to eat in 7 years and I had to give up all the food I loved. I used to love coffee and doughnuts. Can’t have coffee anymore and definitely cannot eat an icing glazed wheat flour based doughnut. If I was miraculously healed (which God could do) and I could eat whatever I wanted to again, a coffee and doughnut shop would be on the list. The top of the list would be a big cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate shake! I also miss Mexican food with cheese and green chile. Alas, I will be having brown rice noodles and black olives for lunch. 🙂 God bless!
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Thanks for sharing Ryan. We both have to stay with our eating regime. I miss eating pasta, different types of breads, and coconut nut cream pie.
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I feel the same! Doughnuts and sugar!! Lol. I am to the point that I don’t miss them anymore until the smell hits my nose!! Uugghh, pretend I can’t…
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Oooooh boy,sometimes I feel for you
Pushed by fate into a hue
You can’t escape just like glue
On sticky paths and trodden views…
Who will be the rescue of you…
BIG SKY BUCKEYE.
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Thank you PePa for the impromptu poem. Well done!
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You the inspiration…just a skit…nothing fancy .You rock bro.
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Lovely poem… I’m a doughnut lover myself!!!
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I appreciate your enjoyment of the poem as well as doughnuts. Eat one for me!
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So we have something in common—no “process” sugar for me either—I use to love the Boston Cream filled doughnuts–perhaps two at a time. It’s hard to get away from sugar, so I’ve found other ways to sweeten stuff. I just made some really good cookies a few days ago and I sweetened them with molasses. At least it’s sugar in a rawer form. I also put molasses in my smoothies.
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Thanks for sharing your secrets of removing processed sugar from your diet. For me, sugar is very much like poison (my doctor’s words). Sometimes I use humor to take the place of these sweet delights.
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I grew up having a sweet tooth, not any more—also because of health issues. I use to love chocolates and all kinds of sweets, now I will just watch the others while they indulge….they now make me absolutely sick. So I’m no longer even tempted .
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Oh man, I feel your pain! Nothing like a tasty donut with coffee. I also have cut way back but sneak one in now and then. Figure if I only eat the top off, the rest can go.
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Fabulous post
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I appreciate your comment. It was a fun poem to write.
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Please read my first post
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Thanks for reading some of my writing. I went back and read some of your writing. I will return for another look.
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I love this!!! I’ll have a doughnut in your honor sir.😔
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Enjoy Dorothy! I would feel blessed that you do so.
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Will do.
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Sad 😥
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At least I can enjoy writing about them and bring some sweet pleasure to others.
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This is true 🙂
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