The Lament For Pink Cherry Divinity Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

Civilization has come to a cold standstill
you can't get divinity candy in any grocery store now
two decades or so ago they even stocked pink divinity
maybe flavored with amaretto
so I'm a little upsetto
what does the woken world know.
about candy.
now I think what a hand we're dealt
with the disappearance
of tuna cheese melts
raspberry zingers. the kind with cream filling.
isn't it chilling.
now I have the slightest inkling
who phased out my poetry twinkling
and I feel, I feel so at the end of my wish span
coming at last to understand
why my poems almost never get published
with or without pecans.
mary angela douglas 26 september 2023