Let's Have A Party!

let's have a party! the cardboard invitation read,

so highly coloured, with its five balloons

in primary colours, and two secondary.

we'll have fun and party favors too and

little hats with maypole streamers, streaming.

come as princesses, or dukes or kings

prepared to eat pink ice cream!

to fight just paper dragons red as strawberies.

and when we're done, there's a centerpiece

like pirate's treasure  you can rummage in,

everyone! they'll be no more bills hereafter:

shout if from the crepe paper rafters.

we're free to build our playhouses 

by the streams and use our Monopoly money

as we please at the candy stores.

heck.  we'll buy them (the stores)
 and give them to the poor

in striped sacks full of the delights

especially toffee crowned in chocolate, bits

of caramel in bright raspberry foil.

no more of toil, hard lessons learned or algebra.

it's the world's birthday! everyone gets presents;

a generous slice of cake with the buttercream rose.

and free piano lessons!

mary angela douglas 30 july 2014;29 january 2015