chewing gum enjoyers

when’s the last time you chewed gum?

back in high school and under days,
chewing gum was the absolute item to have.
you could trade it for anything.

either that, or you would take a piece out
and then the person next to you would be like
“hey man, could i have one? :^)” and then
it’s like, well, i’m gaining social credit
by giving you this piece of gum but also
if i don’t know you that well it’s meh.

i still chew gum to this day: i always keep
some sticks of Extra sitting around. in middle
school, i used to do 5 Gum, and i’ve also had
the icebreakers cubes, but those are a little
different with flavoring at whatnot. for me,
it’s gotta be some kind of mint. which Extra does.

gum helps me focus, i’ve noticed. i don’t know if
it’s something about providing my oral fixation
with a thing to hold onto or if the mint chemicals
release something into my brain, but it’s nice.

have some gum this week.

thanks for reading today’s post.
unless you don’t like gum. then don’t.