Golden Vanilla

starting with a fresh large sheet of vanilla paper

my sister and I would say since we couldn't pronounce manilla

and the cream of the paper somehow seemed the same as

the golden banilla ice cream from the Piggly Wiggly our grandfather 

scooped out for us late nights or of a Saturday with of course

Hershey syrup in eye popping swirls....

well on the vanilla paper we seem to draw in red crayon and blue

with yellow for the sun the same house every time with its green 

door 

little steps, leading up to:

the same sun in the corner of the page

with its never varying beams.

but to us it is:

the playhouse of our dreams.

so it bears repeating. just like the ice cream.

mary angela douglas 6 january 2022;29 january 2022