Ringing the changes

These hard

fruit flavoured

tablet-shaped

sweets

coloured white, 

yellow, orange, 

green, purple 

or red

still feature

a short message

written in capitals 

(the clarity of which is

sometimes compromised)

So no change

since nineteen twenty-eight

save that ‘Love Hearts’

are found in supermarkets

embossed “Email Me”

and “Luv U

24/7”

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