Untitled - CSUN ScholarWorks - California State University, Northridge
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Untitled - CSUN ScholarWorks - California State University, Northridge
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106<br />
Sometimes I wish<br />
I could cover the world<br />
with candy red,<br />
ridiculous red,<br />
and sticky sweetness<br />
for at least a day <br />
squeeze a stripe<br />
of diner happiness<br />
into thick red smiles.<br />
Long ago, I ribboned hot dogs,<br />
eggs and fries, slathered<br />
Friday's fish sticks, stirred pink<br />
into pastina, mashed it<br />
into mashed potatoes -<br />
spread it everywhere.<br />
The Disneyland<br />
of food - a moment's<br />
plastic pleasure -<br />
where tomatoes tum to frauds,<br />
spurn their vegetable nature.<br />
Try to free<br />
the genie from its bottle <br />
stubborn, reluctant,<br />
then ploojl it's out <br />
granting our wishes<br />
in threefold globs,<br />
which is magically<br />
just enough.