THE POEM ABOUT DIVINITY CANDY
oh pass the Divinity candy we will say in Heaven
except that the angels will have already thought of
this beforehand
will it look like snow candy there, too, with peaks
so stiff and curled, all curlicued,
my sister wondered, such a little girl, or like the Christmas
stencils on the car show windows?
and will it taste, all swirled and sugar laden
as though no one ever said a cross word to you
not ever, in all your life; neither was there any strife
on earth and then
all silvery shivery like snow down your back
an angel's wing slid over the scene
and you woke up too suddenly
from your dream of Divinity candy,
crying...
mary angela douglas 30 july 2015 rev. 8 june 2017
oh pass the Divinity candy we will say in Heaven
except that the angels will have already thought of
this beforehand
will it look like snow candy there, too, with peaks
so stiff and curled, all curlicued,
my sister wondered, such a little girl, or like the Christmas
stencils on the car show windows?
and will it taste, all swirled and sugar laden
as though no one ever said a cross word to you
not ever, in all your life; neither was there any strife
on earth and then
all silvery shivery like snow down your back
an angel's wing slid over the scene
and you woke up too suddenly
from your dream of Divinity candy,
crying...
mary angela douglas 30 july 2015 rev. 8 june 2017
