I'll have some butterscotch ice cream
Hold the sprinkles.
I like mine nice and smooth,
to fill my mouths sweet tooth
To set my taste buds a smiling.
To energize these tired bones.
Yes, I'll have some butterscotch ice cream
and when I'm done I'll have some fun
under a butterscotch sun.

iridescent
luminescent
reminiscent
of childhood dreams
looks like
blinking lights
shooting stars in the night
when the lights
were cut off from nonpayment
sounds like
cellophane
on a cigarette pack
like
firefly wings scratching their backs
feels like
old butterscotch from grandma's purse
listening to the neighbors
fight and curse
running from bullies
thinkin, "Surely, my heart gone burst!"
taste like
cotton candy
a stolen sip of brandy
while your parents recuperate from the night before...
the night
filled with lights
and promises
and dreams