The Sweetest Slumberbash Poem by Shirley Harrison

A swollen river of chocolate right below my feet
and "la primavera" of Mozart
played by an orchestra of bumble bees

a purple hedgehog singing
"She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh"
to a swan who was singing back
"baby don't you dare"

crocodile sitting by the marshmallow creek
wearing my sun hat, as I turn to look closer
he smiles at me and winks

a flying saucer, flown by an alien
waving down at me
naughty granny jumping
off the caramel springboard
into a bright confetti sea

a giraffe painting an up-side-down rainbow
for all to admire
there's a bright blue frog
balancing on a tight rope wire

and the town clock that's sits
upon the oldest living tree
tic-tocking backwards, oh yes
and me?
I'm floating upon the old woman's shoe
drifting
deeper and deeper

into this beautiful dream.