Rc Cola Cola Cola Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

rc cola cola cola
bottle cap snapping
ice cube cracking

cola cola
fizzing, frothing
cola cola

I see bubbles
winking blinking
rainbow edged

and edging, on the bottle beading
coolness gliding down the glass adown
down a summer movie pass light violet or

are you still reading that paperback book
from the school book fair and crossing the
moat of words or sliding anywhere

on a slip n' slide
hillside

cloverbee backyard
its holiday holiday hula hooped blue or green and
roses fried by the afternoon

(pre-Chicken dinner) as
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we're dripping from the plastic pool
or on the grass side slipping
cola cola sipping

screen door nipping
little dog tripping over
frothing over

shaken too hard
and lauging laughing in the yard till

your sides hurt and
peach bright ice cream turning turning

crowned with vanilla nostalgic
yearning for

cola cola floats and I'm floating
back on the tide of it all
much later though it's only april

by the wall calender
and pale green now in the parks
I could see your vintage summer lanterns swinging

in the dark
no need to turn the kitchen light on.

mary angela douglas 17 april 2015