Goodbye, Coke.

Yesterday,

I broke up with you. 

Our co-dependent affair 

started years ago, and

all you have done 

is cause me woe.  

You caused problems 

with sugar in my blood, 

you wreaked havoc

with swings in my mood. 

Years ago I switched 

from sugar to aspartame, 

but most of my symptoms

have stayed the same. 

Coca-cola, we are through,

Diet Coke and Coke Zero, 

Goodbye to you. 

I have no regrets 

about getting you 

out of my way, 

except that I should 

have taken this step

many, many, many
years 

before 

yesterday. 

lcs/2013