Friday, May 17, 2024

the blue stain of joy

the kid
with the snow cone
dripping
on his clean white
shirt, has
bit the pointed
bottom
off the cup.
the blue
goo
of syrup and melting
ice
goes
anywhere
and everywhere all
at once.
the mother smiles,
and sighs
but knows that
joy is fleeting,
ephemeral,
and
worthy of shirts
no longer being
white.

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