in a sweeter world.

a poem where fantasy is more saccharine than reality.

Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash

in a fantasy,

i pull cotton candy bedsheets

off my lollipop legs and saunter

over to the living room window.

my fingers separate the licorice blinds

and i say hello to the gumdrop in the sky.

the revved-up jelly beans

and their pop rock engines

bounce along sour rainbow straw roads.

i pour a cup of sugar

into a caramelized mug and

spoon it into my mouth.

in a sweeter world,

i would not need help

getting the medicine

to go down.

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