All Was Well . . . If You Just Had a Dime

Want to see a brightness lighting large fringed eyes,
black, blue, brown, green, gray shining like twinkling stars in a midnight sky?

Drop a cone in a small or even large hand
of vanilla, strawberry, chocolate or swirled from an ice cream stand.

Sunny weather
as a band in the background plays
or on a park swing with clouds floating away with little ones dazed or humming in sheer delight.

Drippings down the palms sticky... but O, everythings temporarily alright.

This sweet deliciousness atop a hot apple pie
can still sadness with a whiff and a spoon

amidst delightful company
headed home or not

soon
on a couch
or on a bed in a darkening room. 

In a boat
as a banana split
or bowl on a lap

this treat relaxes kids
before night or a nap.

Parents, teenagers, and young adults brighten too with the chimes

of an ice cream truck
ringing back memories
of a gentler time

when all was well... if you just had a dime.

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