At Cocolicious

We’ve got:

chocolate balls and bars and beans,
sticks and squares and shapes between,
chunks and slabs, discs and spreads,
biscuits, cakes and chocolate bread,

dips and dunks, drinks and paint,
fancy, plain, chic and quaint,
eggs and rabbits, bears and hearts,
engraved and iced works of art,

hundreds, thousands, white, milk, dark,
colours, sprinkles, patterned marks,
powders, butters, bitter, sweet,
divine, delicious, tempting treats,

nutty, smooth, grated, bubbles,
snap it, share it, nibble, gobble,
covered toffee, nuts and fruit,
wafers, fudge, gold-wrapped loot,

honeycomb, marshmallow, creams,
fondants, nougats, crispy dreams,
fondue melts and chocolate drops –
the *‘Pa Pa Paa’ of chocolate shops.

Take it home in boxes bright,
tied with ribbons bowed up tight,
or cartons, nests, baskets, foil:
a token of the valued toil.

As lips and fingertips turn brown,
lick it off and send it down,
but, as your stretched tongue cleans your chin,
reflect where cocoa beans begin.