ode to candy rockets

1.
high pitched taste
vibrating in my mouth
tickling smell of sugar
carnival carousel colours
popping pink, blasting blue
fireworks for the cranium

2.
a traveling circus for the senses
the feeling you get from a roller coaster
step right up! step right up!
pay your penny and enjoy the ride!

stomach in mouth, eyes wide open
the free fall of the parachute ride
the euphoric lift and the startling drop
not for the timid, not for the faint of heart!
pay your penny and hold on to your stomach!

3.
rockets are not tofu
they are not spongy and tasteless
rockets are not broccoli
they do not taste better with cheese

rockets are a placebo
a sugar pill pick-me up
rockets are an addiction
you can’t unwrap just one