{"id":3854,"date":"2019-02-25T12:22:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crosscultural\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2019-02-25T12:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T16:22:37","slug":"cacao-to-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2019\/02\/25\/cacao-to-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cacao to Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cacao to Chocolate<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a colony of cacao beans,<\/span><\/p>\n

sitting in my shell nobody to disturb me<\/span><\/p>\n

A loud crack heard,<\/span><\/p>\n

the shell that I call home is being broken into.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five long fleshy weird things from the bright blue abyss,<\/span><\/p>\n

reach out and grab me from the only place I know<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m then wrapped in a blanket of green<\/span><\/p>\n

for days upon days.<\/span><\/p>\n

My new home starts to grow on me<\/span><\/p>\n

though I\u2019m then exposed to a very intense light from above<\/span><\/p>\n

that strips me of all my moisture.<\/span><\/p>\n

The five long fleshy weird things return<\/span><\/p>\n

Only to toss me on a flat surface surrounded by fire,<\/span><\/p>\n

A heavenly scent soon reaches me<\/span><\/p>\n

I then realize it\u2019s coming from me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the fire dissipates I\u201dm thrown into<\/span><\/p>\n

Some sort of half sphere,<\/span><\/p>\n

Where an oval-y rock comes out of nowhere and beats me.<\/span><\/p>\n

After hours of torture I discovered that\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve taken on a new form,<\/span><\/p>\n

One similar to liquid but rather sticky.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m suddenly pushed into a silver cylinder<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with white sprinkles, a yellow rectangle<\/span><\/p>\n

white powder, and clear liquid<\/span><\/p>\n

where we are then spun around and around<\/span><\/p>\n

until we become one.<\/span><\/p>\n

The giant being from above shouts,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChocolate con leche\u201d with so much joy<\/span><\/p>\n

They then devoured me until nothing of me was left<\/span><\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll gladly die knowing I made them happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

-Skyy Brinkley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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