A Kansas poem about gum | 1913
Wild Prairie Sunflower, originally uploaded by NaturalLight.
There are, sometimes, wonderful and amusing poems about gum (and not just from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl), and there was one written in 1913 by J.M. Cavaness (from the collection Jayhawker Juleps) and tackles a familiar plot element to the life of a young — and then not so young — girl (and AndrewsGumWorld).
You can read the entire poem, “An O’er True Tale” on the site Poetry of Kansas, where it includes these lines:
Alas, she had a habit bad,
And somewhat wearisome,
No matter what the time or place,
Of always chewing gum.
(The breathtaking Kansas sunflower shot you see above was taken by John Frisch, a Kansas photographer on Flickr who goes by the screen name NaturalLight)