Two liters of MOXIE is wild,
Not this happy since a long while…
Twelve can packs of DIET
Could barely stay quiet,
Bought the two twelve packs they had there tonight!
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SHAWS in Whitinsville, Mass.
Is where I found this great cache…
A delicious way
To end the day,
Sure hope they have more in the back!!!!! ❤
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Jonathan Caswell
He drinks up the MOXIE mystique,
Without it he feels up a creek…
That gentian root
With caffeine to boot,
Gives a flavor unique!
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It started in the State of Maine,
Now Lisbon has the Festival fame…
MOXIE ice cream,
A Mainiac’s dream,
With lots of sugar cane.
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It sounds sort of ironic,
Started out as a nerve tonic..
Sodas of its day
Could float you away,
But none remained supersonic.
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It moves okay local stores,
But nationally not any more…
A regional treat
MOXIE can’t be beat,
On the internet you can buy more!
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–Jonathan Caswell
*”THE MOXIE MYSTIQUE” is also the title of a book written by the late Mr. Frank Potter, about the history and advertsing MOXIE used—including “MOXIE-MOBILES”
Next week is Cinco de Mayo,
Mexican Independence Day…
And we will certainly try-oh
To start the day with “OLE'”!
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A time for flowing beer my friend
But I do not drink…
Since nineteen eighty-six or so,
Improving the way I think.
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My counselor and I, that Day,
Will drink to old Mexico…
With MOXIE soda in the glass–
A delicacy, I know!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Every day in memory,
For two weeks have had MOXIE…
My soda craze
Is tired these days,
It’s time to stop, you see?
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MOXIE, regular or diet,
A strong flavor riot…
In time gets old
So flavors less bold,
Beckon…so that stuff–I’ll try it!
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Used to be not a bummer,
I’d drink it two weeks in the summer…
The rest of the year
My palette cleared,
Til we moved back to that cottage number!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Instead of a water bucket
On the refrigerator door…
Inadvertently a jar of molasses
Pitched onto the floor!
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Swept up the glass pieces,
(Molasses is really thick)…
Both the broom and dust pan
Got sticky really quick!
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Sprayed the mess with cleaner,
Enough so I could mop…
The mop sponge was almost gone
So I used bath towels to sop.
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Made it safe enough to walk
Upon the soaking towels…
A whole new jar of molasses–
That sure hurts the bowels!
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Helped my wife finish laundry,
Hung up up the last two loads…
Got supper for both of us–
Sandwiches on toast.
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Tomorrow came her Home Health Aide,
Who .wanted things done right…
If she were to have a good mop
I needed to go tonight!
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Route Sixteen was dark and calm,
I’d driven this route for years…..
The moon and shadows familiar friends
And so they held no fears.
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No need to hurry–speed limit was fine–
I thought it was only forty…
Found a sign said forty-five*
But i was in no hurry.
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Got to the store(open all night),
Boy was that a relief!
-Got my supplies (and MOXIE, too)
While the mop heads were priced cheap.
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Drove back over the “mountain”,
A hill ‘tween here and there…
Found it oh so peaceful
Driving in night air!
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–Jonathan Caswell
WHAT ARE YOU HAVING FOR SUPPER?
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What is he having for supper,
Wheat bread and peanut butter…
Two spoon-flus he
Always has crunchy
Not making too much clutter.
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Australian liquorice,**
Has all that he could wish…
The unorthodoxy
Of swigging MOXIE,
Finishes it with a swish!
–Jonathan Caswell
** Liquorice…Specifically “WILEY WALLABY” AUSTRALIAN STYLE GOURMET BLACK LIQUORICE. (naturally flavored)
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By the Mighty Mumford 