I don’t wanna do my homework,
I don’t wanna do my chores,
I don’t wanna pick my toys up from my boring bedroom floor!
I wanna sit around a while and do just what I feel…
To stay right here, to daydream
and forget about what’s real.
by D. Ryan Lafferty
I went out all night getting candy with this awesome costume of mine…
‘til my sack was so loaded and heavy, that it started to ache in my spine.
Is it me or are these treats getting smaller, almost every year?
If this is the way it keeps going, the fun size might just disappear.
Look at this box of malted milk balls, it only contains four duds!
So short are the Smarties the wrappers read only SMs and RTs,
while the “Nerds” are now only “Nds.”
The shrinking size of the candy isn’t my only concern for sure.
My mom ate all of my Reese’s, down to the pieces
and my jawbreakers rolled right out the door.
My stomach just started aching from eating these sweets all day,
with sugary treats before bedtime, and more sticky snacks on the way.
A breakfast of Twizzlers and Skittles,
a lunch of Milky Ways, Snickers and Spree…
For dinner, I think Jolly Ranchers with gummy bears waiting for me.
by D. Ryan Lafferty
Literary Crumbs: Poems & Short Stories to Savor by D. Ryan Lafferty 