Gotcha knickers twisted, yo?

The most devilish contest idea EVAH comes from blog reader Shaunna  (visit her blog here to see what other kind of mischief she's conjuring up.)

Here's the concept: write a poem, or a story in a poem, that's reversible. That means the lines form a poem reading down AND up.

Here's an example from the instigator of this madness herself:


Reading down:
For love,
how you look
is
what matters most.
Let's be honest.
You can smile
or
grimace,
flirt or
frown.
It makes no difference.
You might believe
love
welcomes
an open heart.
But the end
of the story
can be told
much
sooner.
Look
at the face:
beauty
has a chance at
everything.



Reading up:
Everything
has a chance at 
beauty.
At the face,
look
sooner.
Much
can be told
of the story
but the end.
An open heart
welcomes
love.
You might believe
it makes no difference:
frown,
flirt, or
grimace.
Or
you can smile.
Let's be honest.
What matters most
is
how you look
for love.



Another example is the title of this post:

Gotcha knickers twisted, yo?
Yo! Twisted knickers gotcha?

(notice that punctuation will help you a lot!)


And just to make things LOTS of fun, it's fewer maximum words this time: 60.

(That evil cackle you hear is me)

Contest opens Friday 12/16 at Noon and runs through Sunday  12/18 at noon. (I figure you might need some extra time for this one!)

60 words max (fewer is fine) arranged in lines that form a poem reading both up and down.

Only one word prompt this time: candy (aren't you glad it wasn't knickers? or twisted?!)

Post your entry in the comment column on this post.
Your entry should have two parts:, once for how it reads down and once for how it reads up. 

If you need a mulligan, delete your entry and post again.

Questions? Best way to get answers is to send me a tweet @janet_reid



Ready?
Set?
Write!

Too late! Contest closed at noon on Sunday! Now, to the most fun of all--reading the entries!