Largesse/I Sing In Favor Of The Jam-Packed Poem

I sing of the jam-packed poem: toy chest, treasure chest at best

picnic basket filled to the brim with innumerable little pink cakes

thirst slaking lemonades, limeades, tangerineades,

lilac fans to fan with, costume jewelry and the rest

vintage costumes and gold fish coral reefs and the goldfish

themselves finning past their water logged pastel castles

out for a lark in the local park and everything that brings laughter

to the baby's rosebud lips is permissible, admisssible even when

the grownups

fall down laughing to impress I guess you could say you may as

well

I believe in wishing wells and never running out of wishes

and dressing in your Sunday best on Monday too

why wouldn't you

and holding up your end of joy

for the sake of all mankind and being kind and believing

in the sweet and not so secret

largesse of God who made so many stars.

mary angela douglas 4 september 2021

1Mary Angela Douglas