Delite
if it’s not
one thing … it’s
girl-scout-cookies
can’t say
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
to toothless pink pigtails
hopping up and down
with her curbside crew
chanting
she jest wouldn’t understand …
no-thank you-dear-everything hurts-when-you-get-old-
and-one-day-you’ll-understand-
and-have-20pounds-to-lose-and-unexpected things-
will-set-ya-back-a-notch-or-two-or-three-and-the-last-thing-ya-need-to-do-
is-devour-a-box-of-caramel delite-in-1.2
toothless grins wider when I hand her a $20
for five boxes of delite
and tells me what a GREAT choice I made
and as I walked away laughing at life
and heard them chanting to the next customer
I realized it was a great
choice
TL